MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM SUMMER FESTIVAL

PRESENTS MOZARTS
DON GIOVANNI JULY 31 AND AUGUST 2

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 201 The Merola Opera Program presents W.A. Mozarts opera, Don Giovanni,
at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, uly 3!, and " p.m. #aturday, August ", at $%erett Aud&tor&um, '(0 )hur*h #treet &n
#an +ran*&s*o.

The *ast ,eatures -ar&tone E!"#$! N%l&'( as .on /&o%ann&0 -ass1
-ar&tone S)y*'( +#,- #& L%.'$%ll'0 -ass S,'// Ru&&%ll as 2l
)ommendatore0 #oprano A*#(!# +''!0u$y as .onna Anna0 tenor
1%(2#*3( +%$l%y as .on Otta%&o0 soprano 4#$%( C-3#5L3(6 7' as
.onna $l%&ra0 -ass1-ar&tone R-y& Ll'y! T#l0'/ as Masetto0 and
soprano Yu23( 43* as 3erl&na. #tage d&re*tor J#*%& D#$$#- and
*ondu*tor M#$/3( 4#/) lead the produ*t&on.

4ased on the legends o, .on uan, the story spans the last t5enty1,our
hours o, .on /&o%ann&s l&,e. W&th more than ",000 romant&*
*on6uests, .on /&o%ann& l&%es l&,e &n the ,ast lane unt&l a myster&ous meet&ng 5&th a statue -eg&ns h&s
do5n5ard sp&ral. When he re,uses to *hange h&s ph&lander&ng 5ays, the unrepentant l&-ert&ne &s senten*ed to
hell -y the ghost o, the man he 7&lled.

ames .arrah, *o1,ounder and d&re*tor o, a ne5 8os Angeles produ*t&on *ompany, #tud&o )hromat&*, 5as
most re*ently d&re*tor and produ*t&on des&gner o, #an +ran*&s*o #ymphonys produ*t&on o, 4en9am&n 4r&ttens
Peter Grimes. :e has -een des*r&-ed -y the Chicago Tribune as ;a g&,ted young Amer&*an d&re*tor del&%er&ng
,resh and st&mulat&ng produ*t&ons.<

)ondu*tor Mart&n =atz, du--ed ;the gold standard o, a**ompan&sts< -y the New York Times &s *urrently a
Pro,essor o, )olla-orat&%e P&ano at the >n&%ers&ty o, M&*h&gan. :e has *olla-orated 5&th the 5orlds most
*ele-rated s&ngers &n re*&tal and re*ord&ng, &n*lud&ng Mar&lyn :orne, +reder&*a %on #tade, =athleen 4attle,
.a%&d .an&els, =ar&ta Matt&la and os? )arreras. :e pre%&ously *ondu*ted M&*h&gan Operas produ*t&on o,
Die Zauberflte and Merola Opera Programs produ*t&ons o, l barbiere !i "iviglia, #a Cenerentola and
#$elisir !$amore. :e &s the author o, The Com%lete Collaborator, pu-l&shed -y the O@,ord >n&%ers&ty Press.

The Merola Opera Program &s ded&*ated to the *ont&nu&ng edu*at&on and tra&n&ng o, the ,&nest young operat&*
talent and the de%elopment o, th&s talent &nto pro,ess&onal opera s&ngers, *oa*hes and stage d&re*tors o, the
h&ghest art&st&* *al&-er. Merola operates &n *lose art&st&* *olla-orat&on 5&th #an +ran*&s*o Opera -ut &s an
&ndependent nonpro,&t organ&zat&on. /o%erned -y a separate -oard o, d&re*tors, Merola &s respons&-le ,or &ts
o5n long1term ,&nan*&al sta-&l&ty and ,undra&s&ng, and &s grate,ul to the hundreds o, loyal mem-ers, donors and
,oundat&ons 5ho support the program.

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.onna $l%&ra 4#$%( C-3#5L3(6 7'
Masetto R-y& Ll'y! T#l0'/
3erl&na Yu23( 43*

Th&s produ*t&on &s gra*&ously under5r&tten, &n part, -y the 4ernard Osher +oundat&on, the +ran*es =. and
)harles .. +&eld +oundat&on and the a*7 :. 8und )har&ta-le Trust. Mart&n =atz &s sponsored, &n part, -y .arla
and A&*hard 4aston&, M&ss B&%&enne $. M&ller, and M&7e and Austy Aolland. ames .arrah &s sponsored, &n
part, -y the Mr. and Mrs. 4arlo5 +erguson +und.

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Ae*ept&on -eg&ns at !0 p.m. &n the Opera :ouse )a,?
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+or &n,ormat&on on ho5 to -e*ome a Merola mem-er, please *all J'!(K (G(1G'"7 or %&s&t 555.merola.org.

T&*7ets ,or all per,orman*es may -e pur*hased -y *all&ng #an +ran*&s*o Opera 4o@ O,,&*e at J'!(K LG'13330
open ,rom !0 a.m. to ( p.m. Monday and !0 a.m. to G p.m. Tuesday through +r&day.

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8ed art&st&*ally -y #an +ran*&s*o Opera )enter .&re*tor and &nternat&onally a**la&med soprano #her&
/reena5ald, the Merola Opera Program &s an &ndependent nonpro,&t organ&zat&on 5h&*h operates &n
*olla-orat&on 5&th the #an +ran*&s*o Opera. +ounded &n !E(7 and named ,or #an +ran*&s*o Operas ,ounder,
/aetano Merola, the Program &s re*ogn&zed as one o, the most prest&g&ous operat&* tra&n&ng programs &n the
5orld. The Merola Opera Program typ&*ally re*e&%es more than L00 appl&*at&ons ,or appro@&mately 30
pos&t&ons. Throughout the summer, Merola art&sts part&*&pate &n master *lasses and pr&%ate *oa*h&ngs 5&th
opera lum&nar&es. Part&*&pants 5ho &n*lude s&ngers, apprent&*e *oa*hes and an apprent&*e stage d&re*tor also
re*e&%e tra&n&ng &n operat&* repertory, ,ore&gn languages, d&*t&on, a*t&ng and stage mo%ement.