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Clare Demer, Soprano

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Italian-American soprano Clare Demer is a member of the Regular Chorus of the San Francisco Opera. She recently received her Masters degree from the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where she performed Mary in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Paula Jordan in Bolcom's Dinner at Eight, as well as roles in Rota's I Due Timidi and the world-premiere of Robert Nelson's The School for Scandal. 

Clare has participated in many festivals across the United States, Canada, and Europe, including the inaugural season of Teatro Nuovo in 2018, IVAI in Montréal, the Aspen Summer Music Festival and School, SongFest at Colburn, and the Saarburg Festival in Germany. In 2016, Clare was an Art of Song Fellow at the Toronto Summer Music Festival.

She is a graduate of The University of Arizona, where she earned a B.M. in Vocal Performance, a B.S. in Psychology, and a minor in Italian. While at the University of Arizona, she was the recipient of a Creative Achievement Award for the Fred Fox School of Music and won 1st prize in both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the Amelia Riemann Competition. During her time at the University of Arizona, she sang Monica in The Medium, L'Enfant in L'enfant et les sortilèges, and Second Lady in The Magic Flute. With the Arizona Choir she performed Dvorak's Stabat Mater on tour in the Dvorak Hall in Prague and the Musikverein in Vienna.

Clare is the recipient of many awards, including three Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 3rd place in the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, the Raimondi Scholarship from Casa Italia, 1st place in the Marni Nixon International Voice Competition, and numerous accolades from the American Prize Foundation for both art song and opera performance.

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Schedule

Upcoming

Chorus in Don Giovanni by Mozart

San Francisco Opera

War Memorial Opera House

June 4- July 2

Chorus in Dream of The Red Chamber by Bright Sheng

San Francisco Opera

War Memorial Opera House

June 14- July 3

Chorus in concert Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi

San Francisco Opera

War Memorial Opera House

June 30, 7:30 pm

Chorus in Antony and Cleopatra by John Adams

San Francisco Opera

War Memorial Opera House

September 10- October 5

October 19, 20, 22, 2018 at 7:30 PM
October 21, 2018 at 2 PM

Photos

Paula in Dinner at Eight
Gretel in Hansel and Gretel
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Paula in Dinner at Eight
Maria in School for Scandal
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House recital
Maria in School for Scandal
Paula in Dinner at Eight
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Paula in Dinner at Eight
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Hansel and Gretel
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Mary and Friends in The Ballad of Baby D
Maria in School for Scandal
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Comprehensive vocal library from Simon Dalzell's Ivy Audio, using Clare's voice. Available for free download (donations welcome!).

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