Merola Opera Highlights 1997

Carmen - at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga CA
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Carmen photo link (1) Merola Carmen Photo (2) Merola Carmen Photo (3) Merola Carmen Photo (4)
Elizabeth Wiles
Micaëla
Kathryn Honan-Carter
Francisco Almanza - Carmen and Don José
Shelley Crawford -
Mercédès
Vladimir Shvets
Lisa van der Ploeg - Escamillo and Carmen

Merola Carmen Photo (5) Merola Carmen Photo (6) Merola Carmen Photo (7) Merola Carmen Photo (8)
Norman Shankle,
Alfredo Daza
Kate Honan-Carter -
Le Remendado, Le Dancaïre and Carmen
Kate Honan-Carter
Vladimir Shvets
Lisa van der Ploeg - Escamillo and Carmen
Anthony Flynn
Lisa van der Ploeg - Don José and Carmen

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La Cenerentola - at Stern Grove, San Francisco
Cenerentola Photo (1) Cenerentola Photo (2) Cenerentola Photo (3) Cenerentola Photo (4)
Cenerentola
Clorinda and Tisbe
Dandini and
Don Ramiro
Tisbe and Clorinda react
to Cenerentola's
entrance at the ball

Cenerentola Photo (5) Cenerentola Photo (6) Cenerentola Photo (7) Cenerentola Photo (8)
Alidoro, watching Cenerentola
Dandini and
Don Magnifico
"Convoluted"
Act 2 sextet
Don Ramiro and Cenerentola

Cenerentola:    
Clorinda:
Tisbe:
Dandini:
Joyce DiDonato
Karen Henrickson
Jennifer Cooper
Aram Barsamian
            Don Ramiro:
Alidoro:
Don Magnifico:    
Harold Brock
Armando Gama
Jason Smith

Photo images copyright © 1997 Bob Shomler.

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