San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2025 Adler Fellows
SAN FRANCSICO OPERA ANNOUNCES 2025 ADLER FELLOWS
Returning Adler Fellows: Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Julian Grabarek, Jongwon Han, Samuel Kidd, Thomas Kinch, Olivia Smith
Incoming First-Year Adler Fellows: Mary Hoskins, Ji Youn Lee, Samuel White, Olivier Zerouali
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 15, 2024) — San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced today the 11 recipients of the 2025 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship. The cohort of talented young musicians begins the 2025 Fellowship in January, receiving individually tailored musical and performance training and a wide range of professional and personal development instruction. Since its inception in 1977, the prestigious Adler Fellowship has nurtured more than 190 young artists, launching the careers of many singers, conductors, vocal coaches, stage directors, arts professionals and educators throughout the industry.
The artists selected as 2025 Adler Fellows are sopranos Georgiana Adams (Chicago, Illinois), Caroline Corrales (St. Louis, Missouri), Mary Hoskins (Saratoga Springs, Utah) and Olivia Smith (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada); tenors Thomas Kinch (Cardiff, Wales) and Samuel White (Columbia, South Carolina); baritones Samuel Kidd (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Olivier Zerouali (Middletown, Delaware); bass-baritone Jongwon Han (Seoul, South Korea) and coaches/pianists Julian Grabarek (Acton, Massachusetts) and Ji Youn Lee (Seoul, South Korea). Mary Hoskins, Ji Youn Lee, Samuel White and Olivier Zerouali are incoming first-year fellows. Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Julian Grabarek, Samuel Kidd and Thomas Kinch continue in the program as second-year fellows. Jongwon Han and Olivia Smith return as third-year fellows.
San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows are trained in musical technique and preparation, foreign language skills, acting technique and movement, as well as financial management, leadership development, mental and emotional resilience, physical health and wellness and other skills necessary for a musical career in the twenty-first century. Adler singers are often cast in mainstage roles and leading cover assignments, while Adler pianists work closely with San Francisco Opera music staff to help prepare mainstage operas.
The 2024 Adlers concluding their fellowships at the end of this year are soprano Arianna Rodriguez, mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, bass-baritone James McCarthy and pianist Yang Lin.
The 2024 Adler Fellows’ season culminates on Friday, November 15 at 7:30 pm at Herbst Theatre with the annual showcase concert, The Future Is Now. The program of arias and operatic scenes, directed by Omer Ben Seadia, features the current Adler Fellows and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra under the baton of Benjamin Manis, who is also conducting the Company’s performances of Bizet’s Carmen (through December 1). For information and tickets, visit sfopera.com.
*For the complete press release, including artist bios for the 2025 Adler Fellows, open the PDF version above.