Education Program - Opera to Go

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Opera to Go 2013

Opera Saratoga’s OPERA TO GO is pleased to announce its 2013 production of "Pinocchio!”

Opera education is central to Opera Saratoga’s mission.  Each year, the company performs for more than 25,000 children throughout upstate New York and western New England.  Opera to Go brings fully staged, fully costumed performances complete with professional singers and a professional pianist to area schools.   Advance study guides help teachers prepare students for the musical, dramatic, historic, and visual contexts of the opera.  Using familiar stories and characters help students instantly connect with the performance.   We prepare a study guide for our touring production that includes curriculum connections and lessons for teachers. These guides focus on students’ learning and have the potential to provide in-depth connections with classroom curriculum.  All of the lessons are tied to either state or federal standards.  Question and answer sessions between artists and students ensure that the children stay fully engaged and interested in the performance. 

In the spring of 2012, Opera Saratoga's Opera to Go program toured with a production of "Little Red's Most Unusual Day" by John Davies.  In 2013, Opera to Go will be visiting schools from February 25 – March 28, presenting another Davies story adaptation based on the children's literary classic by Carlo Collodi: “Pinocchio." The music of Donizetti, Mozart, Offenbach, Pergolesi, Sullivan and Verdi sets the tone for this whimsical opera about a young puppet-boy's adventures!

For additional information or to schedule a performance, please contact Deborah Rocco, Director of Education, at drocco@operasaratoga.org or call 518-584-6018.

 Click here to download the 2013 "Pinocchio" brochure and reservation form!

Opera Saratoga is grateful to our 2012 Education Sponsors.

Season Sponsor
Original Works

Presenting Sponsors
New York State United Teachers
M & T Bank
The Friends of Opera Saratoga

Program Sponsors
Price Chopper's Golub Foundation
Stewart’s Shops
Stewart's Holiday Match
Target

Media Sponsors
The Saratogian
The Post Star