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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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Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Appropriate for Grades K-5 & Community
October 2010 through December 2010
This 45-minute production features three of the lighter stories from the galaxy of Grimm’s fairy tales, providing a humorous and fast-paced introduction to opera for younger children. In Dr. Know-It-All, a would-be doctor is advised that medical training is over-rated and all he needs to open his practice are doctor’s clothes and a stethoscope. When a truly sick patient arrives, both “doctor” and patient end up learning some important lessons about nutrition and exercise. Rumplestiltskin’s New Adventure depicts the famous troll as he’s preparing for an encounter with yet another maiden needing his help. This time, he’s determined to keep his name a secret! The show concludes with Cat and Mouse Together. These two natural enemies seem to have found the secret to living together.
Relates to following Virginia SOLs:
Science - 1.5, 3.4, 3.5, 5.2
English - K.1-K.13, 1.1-1.13, 2.1-2.13, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 4.2- 4.5, 4.7, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7
History - K.7, 1.1, 1.7
Mathematics - 4.3, 4.10
Music - 4.6-4.8, 4.12, 4.13, 5.5, 5.6, 5.11
Visual Arts - 4.16
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Giovanni and the Beanstalk
Appropriate for Grades K-5 & Community
January 2011 through April 2011
Virginia Opera offers the wonderful production, Giovanni and the Beanstalk! Join Giovanni as he travels up the beanstalk to a new and adventurous world. During his travels he discovers the world of opera and music through various characters and musical styles. While exploring melody, harmony, rhythm and musical forms your students will also be exposed to different cultures from across the globe. As with many of our programs, Giovanni and the Beanstalk has interactive approaches where your students get to participate from the stage and the auditorium. Much like our Alice in Operaland productions your students will learn such life lessons as responsibility, honesty, respect, and cooperation.
Relates to following Virginia SOLs:
· Science - 5.2, PH.10, PH.11
· English - K.1-K.13, 1.1-1.13, 2.1-2.11, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6,-3.9, 4.3-4.5, 4.7, 5.4-5.7
· 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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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 & Cultural Funding Consortium, Richmond
Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
Arts Council of Fairfax County
Hampton Arts Commission
National Endowment of the Arts
Newport News Arts Commission
Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities
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
The Capital Group Companies/American Funds Group
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Maersk Line, Limited
Northrop Grumman Newport News
R.E.B. Foundation
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Basso Buffo
A category of bass voice that specializes in comic roles, frequently seen in the operas of Mozart and Rossini. Dr. Bartolo in Rossini's The Barber of Seville is a famous example. |
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"Opera is for old people. I won't be able to relate to what's going on."
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