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# An operatic occasion at SMC
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/an-operatic-occasion-at-smc/
- Published: 2005-05-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:58:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica College alumni have something to sing about.

The Emmy Award-winning Santa Monica College Opera Theatre will spotlight four of its most talented alumni in a special SMC 75th anniversary program featuring highlights from Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.

Featured vocalists in selections from Rake’s Progress are soprano Linda Jackson, who recently graduated from UCLA; Verdi baritone Adam Edward Meza, who is currently studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; soprano Terrie Barna, a professional actor and singer in Los Angeles; and lyric tenor Gabriel Silva, who is about to receive his master’s in music from USC and who sang six concerts in Europe last summer with the International Vocal Institute.

“These four alumni are amazing talents who are truly on the brink of international opera careers,” said Sue Ann Pinner, artistic director of the SMC Opera Theatre.

The concert is part of SMC’s year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary with a special emphasis on alumni. SMC Opera Theatre alumni have gone on to such institutions as the Boston Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USC and University of California and Cal State campuses.

The program will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd.

Each concert will be preceded by a lecture comparing the two operas. Lectures will be given by SMC music professor Donald Richardson one hour before curtain. Tickets are $16, which includes the lecture. Call (310) 434-3000\. Violence in the name of God

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Opera Theatre will feature four of its most accomplished alumni in a weekend concert. (Photo: Photo Courtesy The Santa Monica)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 9, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)