Golden Standard

San Francisco's venerable Merola Program — training ground for stars from Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Patricia Racette and Deborah Voigt to Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón — is turning fifty. ALLAN ULRICH reports.

Merola artists in performance at the 2006 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Check the roster of any major American or international opera company and you will likely find the name of a Merola alumnus.

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