Prepare for Hansel & Gretel! PRACTICE NOW!
Engage and Educate |
Engage and educate children about opera with professional, affordable school-based performances
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Involve Students |
Involve students in all aspects – from design to performance
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Professional Opportunities |
Provide professional opportunities for artists
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Create new works |
Create new works especially intended for young audiences
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Broaden access |
Broaden access to opera for the entire community
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Opera for the Young® brings live, professional opera to elementary school audiences with annual Fall and Spring tours. Students appear onstage in chorus and cameo roles, performing for their peers right alongside OFTY’s professional artists. All productions are fully staged, sung in English and adapted especially for kids.
Opera for the Young® keeps school performances affordable through its own fundraising efforts. We are able to offer our programming at 40% of the actual cost through the generous support of individuals, corporations, foundations and government funding.