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About In-School Touring
With its music, theatrics, spectacle and humor, opera has everything people love. That is why year after year, community members and educators who experience Virginia Opera’s programs beg for more. This year Virginia Opera brings new and exciting adventures and opportunities to the community.
(Click here for a list of performance titles!)
We also offer programs for schools and organizations that like to partner with each other, such as our Community Programs and our Kids-In-Mass program. We also have special offerings for middle schools and high schools so don’t forget to check out our Encore, Master Classes and Opera & Broadway programs.
Last year our professional casts and staff sang, danced and educated their way into the hearts of over 150,000 children and adults across the Commonwealth. Virginia Opera continually offers audiences a chance to experience performances and learn more about opera in ways that they could have only imagined – don’t let these opportunities pass you by.
Free Study Guides
Each touring program has a free study guide to help prepare for the performance. This valuable tool includes several age-appropriate student worksheets that assist teachers in tying the arts into your school's curriculum and the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs). Following each performance, we provide an innovative question and answer period featuring singers sharing information and interacting with students in an up-close and personal manner. Study guides can be downloaded online here at www.vaopera.org/studyguide.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Opera
Appropriate for Grades K-5 & Community
Fall 2011
Join Dorothy and her friends, as they learn and teach your students about Opera, composers and countries from all around the globe. This “wonderful” production uses Opera characters to expose your students to musical works from great composers like Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, (OH MY!) as well as Verdi and Gershwin and countries like Italy, France, Germany, Japan and the U.S. to name a few. Join Virginia Opera and be wisped away by a tornado of education and fun with interactive participation from your students.
The Wonderful Wizard of Opera (Fall 2011)
(Grades K-5, Community)
Relates to following Virginia SOLs:
English - K.1-4, K.8-9, 1.1-3, 1.9, 2.1-2, 2.8, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.4-5
History - K.7, 1.1
Mathematics - 4.3, 4.10
Music - 3.14, 4.8, 4.13, 5.1, 5.7, 5.8, 5.11
Visual Arts - 4.16
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Little Red Riding Hood
Appropriate for Grades K-5 & Community
Spring 2012
This endearing one-act musical comedy will enchant audiences of all ages. This opera emphasizes musical storytelling, literature, language, and communication. Youngsters will be captivated by the antics of Little Red, Grandma, and the Wolf through this zany, fast-paced and high-spirited adaptation.
Little Red Riding Hood (Spring 2012)
(Appropriate for Grades K-5)
Relates to following Virginia SOLs:
· Science - 5.2
· English - K.1-4, K.8-9, 1.1-4, 1.9, 2.1-2, 2.8, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.4-5
· History - K.7
K.7·Mathematics - K.2, K.7, 1.1, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 2.6-2.10, 3.4, 3.5, 3.11, 4.10, 5.3, 5.7
· Music - 3.14, 4.8, 4.13, 5.1, 5.7, 5.8, 5.11
· Visual Arts - 4.16
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An Evening of Opera and Broadway
Appropriate for all ages
Sung by world class young artists, An Evening of Opera and Broadway features soaring opera arias and your favorite Broadway melodies from the world's greatest composers. This concert program will add a special touch of elegance and excitement to any evening or event and is an excellent choice for all community groups, theatres, and colleges. Everyone will leave your event soaring.
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Encore!
Appropriate for Grades 6-12
Introduce your students to the beauty of music with this entertaining program that features popular opera arias and favorite Broadway melodies. Our artists will introduce, demonstrate and explain the fundamentals of opera while at the same time putting on a performance that will leave your students shouting "Encore!"
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Master Classes
Appropriate for Grades 6-12
For a more in-depth look at the fundamentals of techniques of opera, be sure to add a Master Class onto your booking or book it as a separate program. You can have Dr. Glenn Winters, a member of the Virginia Opera Staff (Operation Opera, performer, educator, pianist), join your students to conduct a special class which can be modeled after your special needs whether they are for beginning, intermediate or advanced chorus classes. Learn more about Master Classes by Dr. Glenn Winters!
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Kids-In-Mass
Our Kids-In-Mass Program was created for communities and school systems that want to bring opera and arts education to their area while reaching the majority of their student body. You can book any of Virginia Opera’s programs into a location that you designate and bus in multiple schools for one or two shows rather than having to book us for multiple days. Save on the cost while still reaching your entire county of students or community. Contact us to bring opera to your area.
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Back Stage Tours
at Norfolk's Harrison Opera House
Contact us about one of our Back Stage Tours of the historic Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, Va. You and a group of your students whether they be Music, Theatre or Humanities students can come and learn about all the technical aspects of putting together a professional production. This tour includes the stage, fly system, lighting, wigs and make up, costumes and all the other wonderful aspects of live theatre. Recommended for grades 2 to adult. Limited to availability and group size. Call 757.627.9545, ext 3324 for more information.
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Alexandria Commission for the Arts
The Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium, Richmond
Arts Council of Fairfax County
Bank of America
Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
Hampton Arts Commission
Maersk Line, Limited
National Endowment for the Arts
Newport News Arts Commission
Nor folk Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Northrop Grumman Newport News
Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission
Suffolk Arts Commission
Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Williamsburg Arts Commission
York County Arts Commission
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Masque
A staged performance in which music, poetry, song and dance are blended; although the word is French, and pronounced "mask," the form is more frequently associated with English works which appeared in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. |
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"Operas are always sung in Italian, French or German so I won't understand what they are singing."
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