EDUCATION PROGRAMS
NOW BOOKING
NC Opera is now booking Opera Out of the Box and Opera Classroom programs for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 academic years.
OPERA CLASSROOM
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF
Adaptation of Don Giovanni (Mozart, Da Ponte)
This popular work is an engaging adaptation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni that reinvents the “Don” as the infamous Big Bad Wolf. Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, and friends must work together to show the Wolf the error of his ways. Using the music and themes from one of Mozart’s great operas, young audiences learn the dangers of bullying, the beauty of friendship, and the power of music to bring people together.
Approx. 32 min
Photos by Megan Spence / photosbymegn
OPERA OUT OF THE BOX
Grades: K-12+
Length: 45 minutes
An engaging and entertaining opera education program created specifically for school-aged audiences. Offering every student the opportunity to learn about the art form of classical song, the 45-minute presentation corresponds with North Carolina’s Standard Course of Study.
This interactive presentation introduces students to “opera’s greatest hits.” Four singers, representing the main operatic voice types, perform arias, duets and ensembles from CARMEN, THE MAGIC FLUTE, RIGOLETTO and other well-known operas. Using MadLibs, students “compose” a scene to learn about recitative, or the opera dialogue. The program concludes with “Is it Opera?,” a quiz in which the singers present famous tunes often heard in commercial media.
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CONTACT:
Rachel Stenbuck
Rachel.Stenbuck@ncopera.org
Rachel Stenbuck is a professional singer and music educator with over a decade of classroom experience.
