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Adler Fellowship
The San Francisco Opera Center (SFOC) is the San Francisco Opera's professional training center for opera singers. Based in San Francisco, it encompasses two different professional tracks for training: a summer training program known as the Merola Opera Program and a two year long term resident artist program known as the Adler Fellowship. For twenty years the SFOC also operated a touring opera company, the Western Opera Theatre, but for financial reasons this touring company was disbanded in 2003. In addition to providing training for opera singers, the Merola Opera Program also provides training for vocal coaches and stage directors. Four singers each year from the summer Merola Opera Program are offered Adler Fellowships with the San Francisco Opera. Soprano Sheri Greenawald served as director of the San Francisco Opera Center from 2002 through 2020. History The San Francisco Opera Center was founded in 1982 by San Francisco Opera director Terence A. McEwen with the intent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Opera House
The War Memorial Opera House is an opera house in San Francisco, California, United States, located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the San Francisco City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. It has been the home of the San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932. It was the site of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco Conference, the first assembly of the newly organized United Nations in April 1945. Architecture In 1927, $4 million in municipal bonds were issued to finance the design and construction of the first municipally owned opera house in the United States. The architects of the building complex were Arthur Brown Jr., who had also designed the adjacent San Francisco City Hall between 1912 and 1916, and G. Albert Lansburgh, a theater designer responsible for Orpheum_Theatre_(San_Francisco), San Francisco's Orpheum and the Shrine Auditorium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce DiDonato
Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano, she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart. Educated at Wichita State University and the Academy of Vocal Arts, DiDonato began her career in mid-1990s, participating in young artist programs of several opera companies, most notably Houston Grand Opera. Since then, she began having engagements across the United States and Europe. She made debuts at La Scala in Rossini's '' La Cenerentola'' in the 2000/01 season, the Royal Opera in Janáček's ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' in 2003, and the Metropolitan Opera as Cherubino in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' in the 2005/06 season. She has performed in world premieres of several operas, such as Michael Daugherty's '' Jackie O'' (1997), Mark Adamo's ''Little Women'' (1999/2000), Jake Heggie's '' Great Scott'' (2015), and Kevin Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Del Carlo
John Del Carlo (September 21, 1951, San Francisco — October 29, 2016, Portland, Oregon) was an American bass-baritone who had an active international opera and concert career from 1973 to 2016. Music critic F. Paul Driscoll wrote that "Del Carlo had the distinction of being not only one of the busiest artists in opera but one of the best liked, beloved throughout the U.S. by audiences and by his colleagues for decades." He was particularly active with the San Francisco Opera where he performed regularly from 1973 to 2015, and with the Metropolitan Opera where he appeared in more than 300 performances in 21 seasons from 1993 to 2016. He also frequently appeared at the San Diego Opera and the Seattle Opera, and gave performances at important opera houses internationally, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Zurich Opera among many others. A skilled actor, ''Opera News'' stated that "Del Carlo made a career specialty of bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Delavan
Mark Delavan is an American operatic bass-baritone. He was a national finalist of the Metropolitan Opera auditions and an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera. Early life His mother was a soprano and his father was an Opera singer, conductor, director, composer and teacher. He had done some juvenile roles but only decided to pursue a musical career after graduating from Grand Canyon College in Phoenix, Arizona with a degree in graphic arts. At age 21, he enrolled in the music program at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa where his parents were teaching. Professional career His first professional experience was at the North Carolina Opera in 1983. In 1986, he was at the San Francisco Opera in a small role in Giuseppe Verdi's ''Don Carlos''. He spent the next three years performing in numerous comprimario roles with the company. After leaving San Francisco, he got work but he received lukewarm reviews that he felt he didn't deserve. He walked out of a job at the Sarasota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Chacón Cruz
Arturo Chacón Cruz (August 20, 1977) is a Mexican American operatic tenor. A winner of the Operalia competition in 2005, he went on to sing leading roles at many North American opera theatres, including Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Houston Grand Opera. He has also appeared in many European opera houses, including the '' Teatro Real'' in Madrid, '' La Fenice'' in Venice, Bolshoi Theatre, Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala, the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and the Berlin State Opera. Career Arturo Chacón-Cruz (August 20, 1977), hailing from Sonora, Mexico, is considered one of the foremost operatic tenors of his generation. He has established himself as a leading man, gracing the most renowned theaters and concert halls worldwide. Arturo's repertoire boasts over 60 roles performed in 30 countries. He has had the honor of delivering private recitals for Their Majesties Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Claycomb
Laura Claycomb (born August 23, 1968) is an American lyric coloratura soprano singer. Background Claycomb was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, but grew up in Dallas, where she excelled in church and school choir, winning numerous youth competitions, such as the National Association of Teachers of Singing, U.I.L., and Texas All-State Choir. A graduate of Highland Park High School, Claycomb won a full scholarship to Southern Methodist University, where she studied voice with Barbara Hill Moore, and completed two bachelor's degrees in vocal performance and foreign languages. She studied with the late Norma Newton from 1994 until Newton's death in 2008. She won the Silver Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1994, the Operetta Prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna in 1992, and First Prize in the National Opera Association Competition in 1992. Early career She gained international attention for the first time in 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chest
John Chest (born July 6, 1985) is an American baritone opera singer performing with leading opera companies around the world. Career John Chest was born in Greenville, South Carolina, to parents Sandra Marie Chest and Robert Davis Chest. He started his professional voice studies at Bob Jones University where he got his Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from 2003 to 2007. He then studied at CCPA (Chicago College of Performing Arts) at Roosevelt University, where he graduated with a Master of Music (Voice Performance) in 2009 after two years. He joined the apprentice program at Santa Fe Opera for the summer of 2008 where he covered the Bosun in Britten's ''Billy Budd'' (an introduction to an opera in which he is now known for playing the title role). Chest joined the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera in 2009 and there sang Guglielmo in ''Così fan tutte''. He concluded his formal studies as a member of the professional at Bavarian State Opera in Munich from 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rihab Chaieb
Rihab Chaieb is a Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano. Early life and education Rihab Chaieb was born in Sousse and settled in Montreal with her parents when she was 2 years old. Growing up in an Arab household, she was exposed to and developed a deep appreciation for Arab music from an early age. Her mother and father - a mathematician and an engineer - never played classical music albums in their household but Rihab's passion for this genre flourished in her teenage years through her love for metal music, which led her to pull together a ragtag heavy metal band and start taking voice lessons to help improve her singing. She then decided to pursue a career in singing. To support her musical aspirations, she took on various jobs, including lifeguarding and performing at clubs along Montreal's vibrant Crescent Street during late-night hours. She secured a place in the esteemed Canadian Opera Company Young Artists Program, where she honed her skills from 2010 to 2013. During this per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Carroll (tenor)
Gregory Carroll (July 9, 1977, Des Moines, Washington — July 2, 2013, Seattle) was an American tenor who had an active international career in operas and concerts during the early 21st century. In 2009 he won both second place and the Wagner Prize in the Irene Dalis International Vocal Competition. That same year he was awarded the Metropolitan Opera's Zimmerman Career Grant. In 2010 he was the recipient of William O. Cord Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of Northern California. Life and career Carroll earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Western Washington University and Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Washington. He then trained at the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program. He made his professional opera debut in 2010 as Canio in ''Pagliacci'' with the Spokane Opera. Later that year he appeared as Bacchus in Strauss' ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' with the Seattle Opera, Rodolfo in Verdi's ''Luisa Miller'' with the Puget Sound Opera, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raehann Bryce-Davis
Raehann Bryce-Davis (born May 17, 1986) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and producer. Bryce-Davis was born in Mexico and raised in Keene, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Arlington and the Manhattan School of Music, where she was a student of Cynthia Hoffmann. She is a winner of the 2018 George London Award at the George London Competition, the 2017 Concorso Lirico di Portofino, the 2016 Richard F. Gold Career Grant from Merola Opera Program, the 2015 International Hilde Zadek Competition in Vienna and the 2015 Sedat Gürel - Güzin Gürel International Voice Competition in Istanbul. Bryce-Davis has been acclaimed across Europe and North America for her portrayals of Verdi roles such as Eboli, Azucena, and Preziosilla, as well as bel canto heroines such as Leonora from Donizetti's ''La Favorite'' and Sara in ''Roberto Devereux''. In concert, solo highlights include performances of Verdi's Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of New York, conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janai Brugger
Janai Brugger (born January 3, 1983) is an American operatic soprano. In 2014, music critic F. Paul Driscoll described her in ''Opera News'' as "gifted with a supple, beautifully shaded lyric soprano." Education and early career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Brugger earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 2005 from DePaul University in Chicago, which she attended through scholarships provided by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. That same year, she won first place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. While attending DePaul, she performed roles in several student opera productions, including Dido in ''Dido and Aeneas'', Ilia in ''Idomeneo'', and Mercedes in ''Carmen''. She later studied voice with Shirley Verrett at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, earning a master's degree in vocal performance in 2009. At Michigan, she performed the role of Tatyana in ''Eugene Onegin (opera), Eugene Onegin'' under conductor Martin Katz (pia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
