Here are photos from the 2008 Showcase opening event held January 17, 2008.  Click on thumbnails to see a larger image.)

	L-R Renee Rosen, Marion Schaefer, Renee Glickman, Lily Joseph, Charlene Shearer		Jacqueline Ackerman, Steven Brown, Caryl Olin, David Webb		Club House at Canyon Country Club
	Opera Lovers Chatting Before Performance				Bob Lilley, John Day, Bruce Moccia
	Brian Webb speaking to the group		Members & Potential Members		Singers Apollo Wong and Elisa Waltzman
	Earl Wild, Singer & Board Member Norman Mittelman, Vernon Smith		Norman Mittelman, Elisa Waltzman & accompanist Gale Enger		Terry Daniels, Joe Hoffman & Steven Brown
	Brian Webb and Marion Schaefer		Opera singer & Honorary Board Member Kenneth Morris		Surprise guest Broadway Diva Patricia Welch
	Members & Potential Members		Wanda & Don Stein		Dick Wilmington, Michael Mahoney and Matt Wheling

Pictures from the February 15, 2007 Opera Showcase Gala.  The dinner was for the young singers who were featured in the Gala show.  Eugene Chan (Lyric Baritone)  -  San Francisco Region is from Sacramento.  Erica Miller (Soprano)  -   Los Angeles Region  is attending USC.  E. Philip Schneider (Bass Baritone) -  Los Angeles Region and graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music.  Amber Wagner (Soprano) Arizona Region is the winner of this year's Western Region Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has recently been accepted into the young artist program at the Chicago Lyric Opera.  Khori Dastoor (Soprano) -  Los Angeles Region is currently pursuing doctoral studies at UCLA.  Brent McMunn (formerly with New York City Opera and Los Angeles Opera) is the Music Director/Conductor of Opera at the University of Southern California's Flora L. Thornton School of Music.  Anne Marie Ketchum is a Professor of Music at Pasadena City College and Director of the Music Theater Program

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On February 13th, the Opera Showcase Board hosted its annual Sunset Dinner for

the young singers and the production group at Le Vallauris.  Here are some pictures from this event (Click on the thumbnails to enlarge):

 

Marion Schaefer & Soprano Amber Wagner

 

Singers E. Philip Schneider and Erica Miller accompanied by Renee Glickman

and Brian Webb

 

Rik de Boer with singer Eugene Chan from San Francisco

 

Singer Khori Dastoor with pianist & music director Burt McMunn

 

Stage director Ann Marie Ketchum with Brian Webb

 

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Photos of the Feb 11, 2007 Mimi Rudulph Cocktail Party. (Click on a thumbnail to enlarge, then hit the "back" button your browser to return to this page.)

More photos from the Mimi Rudulph Cocktail Party:

 

Photo gallery the 2004 cocktail party for new members of the Opera Showcase of the Desert.  (Click on a thumbnail to enlarge, then hit the "back" button your browser to return to this page.)

Photo gallery the 2003 cocktail party for new members of the Opera Showcase of the Desert.

 

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