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Opera & Ornaments: A Merola Opera Program Holiday Concert

Enjoy an afternoon of popular opera arias, as well as a mix of Broadway and
seasonal favorites, including works by Rossini, Brahms, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and many more at Opera & Ornaments: A Merola Opera Program Holiday Concert, on Saturday, December 7th, at 2 pm in the Community Hall of the Lafayette Library (3491 Mt Diablo Blvd).

Performing in leading opera houses and classical stages around the world, Kristin Clayton, soprano, and Bojan Knezevic, bass-baritone, both graduates of the Merola Opera Program as well as former Adler Fellows with the San Francisco Opera, have appeared with the San Francisco Opera, Carnegie Hall, Houston Grand Opera, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Wolftrap Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago among many others.

Tickets are $10 and all proceeds go to support the Lafayette Library & Learning Foundation. For information or tickets, call the Lafayette Library at 925-283-6513 x103 or visit the Merola Opera Program at http://www.Merola.org. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds go to support the Lafayette Library & Learning Foundation. Sponsors for this performance are the Lamorinda Weekly and Diablo Magazine.



For 56 years, the Merola Opera Program has been the cornerstone of San Francisco Opera's training and performance programs for promising young artists, Merola has served as a proving ground for hundreds of artists, including Ruth Ann Swenson, Deborah Voigt, Anna Netrebko, Patricia Racette, Thomas Hampson and many others.

Opera & Ornaments: A Merola Opera Program Holiday Concert, will be performed in the Community Hall of the Lafayette Library, located at 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette. Free parking is available. Tickets may be ordered in advance by calling the Library at 925-283-6513 x103 or by email at Reserve@LLLCF.org.

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