| Founded in 1977 as the San Francisco Affiliate Artists-Opera Program, Adler Fellowships are performance-oriented residencies for the most advanced young singers and coach/accompanists. Under the guidance of San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley and Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald, the Adler Fellowship Program offers intensive individual training and roles of increasing importance in San Francisco Opera's main-stage season. Each year, a select group of exceptionally gifted singers from Merola Opera Program is invited to continue their education as Adler Fellows. With Merola participants selected from a pool of over 800 candidates, these young artists represent whom the classical music world can and should expect to see on celebrated opera house stages throughout the world in the very near future.
Alumni from the Program
Former Adler Fellows include sopranos Nicolle Foland, Nancy Gustafson, Mary Mills, Patricia Racette, Ruth Ann Swenson and Deborah Voigt; mezzo-sopranos Zheng Cao and Dolora Zajick; countertenor Brian Asawa; baritone David Okerlund; and bass-baritones Monte Pederson and John Relyea.
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2010 Adler Fellows
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- Susannah Biller, soprano
Appearing in The Makropoulos Case
- Leah Crocetto, soprano
Appearing in Aida and Cyrano de Bergerac
- Sara Gartland, soprano
Appearing in The Marriage of Figaro and Madama Butterfly
- Maya Lahyani, mezzo-soprano
Appearing in Die Walküre, The Girl of the Golden West, Werther, Cyrano de Bergerac and
The Makropoulos Case
- Ryan Belongie, counter-tenor
- Brian Jagde, tenor
Appearing in The Girl of the Golden West, The Makropoulos Case and Aida
- David Lomelí, tenor
Appearing in The Girl of the Golden West and Aida
- Austin Kness, baritone
Appearing in Faust, The Girl of the Golden West, Werther, Madama Butterfly, Cyrano de Bergerac, and
The Makropoulos Case
- Allen Perriello, coach and accompanist
Member of the music staff on Faust, The Marriage of Figaro and Madama Butterfly
- Tamara Sanikidze, coach and accompanist
Member of the music staff on The Girl of the Golden West, Aida and The Makropoulos Case
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Adler Sponsorship
The generosity of our Sponsors and Friends makes it possible for San Francisco Opera to continue the Adler Fellowship Program and nurture the opera stars of tomorrow.In addition to making this experience possible for some of classical music’s most promising new artists, Adler Sponsors have access to a series of exclusive benefits and behind-the-scenes events designed to bring them closer to the artistic development program. By becoming an Adler Sponsor or Friend, you will experience the joy of witnessing the growth of an exciting young artist during the most formative part of their career knowing that you played a major part in that process. For information regarding Adler Program support, please contact Andrew Morgan at (415) 565-3266 or amorgan@sfopera.com.
2010 Adler Fellowship Artist and Program Sponsors
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Bastoni
Jane Bernstein & Bob Ellis
Robert and Laura Cory
Lisa Erdberg & Dennis Gibbons
Frances K. & Charles D. Field Foundation
Ms. Kristina Flanagan
Mary & Nicholas Graves
James A. Heagy, in memory of Janey Heagy
Mary & Craig Henderson
Barbara K. Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. C. Bradford Jeffries
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Lowenberg
Mr. Stephen T. McClellan & Ms. Elizabeth Barlow
Mrs. James K. McWilliams
Peggy & Boyce Nute
Drs. Martin E. & Corazon D. Sanders
Soo & Raj Venkatesan
Barbara M. Ward & the Honorable Roy L. Wonder
Ms. Sheila Wishek
Friends of the Adlers
David & Ann Crockett
Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Davis
Robert & Julie Dickson
Anne Gray
Tom Houran & Bill Medigovich
Mitzi Johnson
Ms. Mary Louise Kirch
Dr. and Mrs. John Lavorgna
Noelle Leca & Michael Moradzadeh
Mr. Fred M. Levin & Ms. Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence R. Lyons
Don & Rene Morgan
Ms. Alice Ames Morison & Dr. Oakley Hewitt
Milton Mosk & Thomas Foutch
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Rasdal
Ms. Marion Ross
San Francisco Opera Guild/East Bay Chapter
Mr. Felipe R. Santiago & Mr. Barry T. Joseph
Sondra & Milton Schlesinger
Ms. Barbara Walkowski
Adler Fellowship Endowment Gifts
Phyllis Edwards Scholarship Fund
William Randolph Hearst Young Artists Fund
Mr. Lorry I. Lokey  |
