Merola Opera Program “Schwabacher Summer Concert: ‘It’s Complicated – Love & Opera’”

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the sheer joy of opera as the 2025 Merola Opera Program artists present an unforgettable concert of vocal fireworks and lush melodies. Selected from over 1,300 international applicants, these rising talents represent the next generation of opera stars. Conducted by William Long, who makes his Merola debut at the podium, the performance will feature the San Francisco Opera Center Orchestra under his baton, with stage direction by Omer Ben Seadia (Merola ‘14) and Elio Bucky (Merola ‘25). The program features extended scenes from Donizetti’s Il Campanello, Roberto Devereux, Anna Bolena, and Don Pasquale, along with a foray into the tender love duet from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and the powerful confrontation scene between Zia Principessa and the title character in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, which culminates in Angelica’s devastating solo aria, “Senza mamma.”

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