One of the most prestigious opera training programs in the world, San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program has selected 28 artists from a pool of more than 1,500 international applicants to ...

San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program, one of the world’s most prestigious opera training programs, will close its 2026 Summer ...

Artists Olivier Zerouali and Angelo Silva from the Merola Opera Program joined host Jessica Wills to chat about what being a part of the program has meant to them and the shows you can catch that are ...

When Anna Thompson opened the email, she almost couldn’t believe what she was reading. “I was overjoyed,” said the Rochester native. “I had dreamed of attending Merola for years. Ever since I started ...