Merola Opera, 2020

In other optimistic news, the Merola program of the San Francisco Opera announced its summer season today:

Schwabacher Summer Concert: Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco
7:30pm, Thursday, July 9
2:00pm, Saturday, July 11
Tickets: $35-$55

Postcard from Morocco:
Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco
7:30pm, Thursday, July 23
2:00pm, Saturday, July 25
Tickets: $55-$80
Le nozze di Figaro:Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco
7:30pm, Thursday, August 6
2:00pm, Saturday, August 8
Tickets: $55-$80  

Merola Grand Finale:War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
7:30pm, Saturday, August 22
Tickets: $25-$50Reception tickets: $75

And the Merola fellows are:

Sopranos

Emily Blair, Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Catherine Goode, Friendswood, Texas

Magdalena Kuźma, New York, New York

Celeste Morales, San Antonio, TexasAshley Marie Robillard, Norton, Massachusetts 

Mikayla Sager, Vancouver, BC, CanadaJohanna Will, Dresden, Germany

Mezzo-sopranosGabrielle Barkidjija, River Forest, Illinois Gabrielle Beteag, Atlanta, Georgia

Jesse Mashburn, Hartselle, AlabamaNikola Printz, Novato, CaliforniaIsabel Signoret, Miami, Florida

Tenors

Victor Cardamone, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gabriel Hernandez, Tampa, Florida

Philippe L’Esperance, Grafton, Massachusetts WooYoung Yoon, Seoul, South KoreaTianchi Zhang, Huainan, Anhui, China

Baritones

Thomas Lynch, Lynbrook, New YorkSamson McCrady, Tucson, ArizonaLaureano Quant, Barranquilla, Colombia

Bass-baritonesBen Brady, Denver, Colorado

Andrew Dwan, Mountain View, California

Seungyun Kim, Cheong-ju, South Korea

Apprentice CoachesYang Lin, Shanghai, ChinaMichael McElvain, Chicago, IllinoisAnna Smigelskaya, Saint Petersburg, RussiaShiyu Tan, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaMarika Yasuda, Williamsburg, Virginia

Apprentice Stage Director

Audrey Chait, Menlo Park, California

My fingers are crossed that this actually happens.