Education

Children’s Chorus and Education:

One of Winter Opera’s main goals is to involve children in opera productions and give them hands-on experience with professional musicians. In Season Three Massenet’s Werther featured a children’s chorus, and Season Four’s Cavalleria Rusticana had children as extras.

Winter Opera has a children’s chorus of 16 singers for its upcoming performance of La Boheme in March.

Opening Night Lectures:

This season Winter Opera is trying to arrange lectures before the operas on opening nights. More information will be available closer to the performance dates.

Student Tickets

This year we will be able to offer student rush tickets upon presentation of a valid student ID. Due to space limitations at the Woman’s Club student tickets for Ariadne auf Naxos will only be available for the final dress rehearsal on Wednesday January 25th, 2012.  For A Grand Night for Singing and La Bohème student tickets will be available at the door during regular performances. Student tickets will be priced at $10 per valid student ID.

Covers:

This season Winter Opera is proud to announce that it is able to sponsor covers, or ‘understudies,’ for one or two promising young artists. This gives young artists the opportunity to learn a role and observe staging rehearsals with professional opera singers. This season the covers are:

• Erin Haupt, covering ‘The Composer’ in Ariadne auf Naxos
• Rachel L.. Smith, covering ‘Musetta’ in La Bohème

Winter Opera comes to YOU:

If you are interested in sponsoring a lecture from Winter Opera for your event, meeting, classroom or club email admin@winteroperastl.org.