Grade Level: K – 5th Grade
Duration: Teaching Artist visit 30 – 40 mins
Opera Performance 45 – 60 mins

Through our Opera in the Neighborhood program, children in local elementary schools are provided with an introduction to the world of opera. The process begins with a school visit from a Pittsburgh Festival Opera Teaching Artist, who will engage students with an introduction to opera, voice types, musical styles, dramatic conventions, and ways of telling stories through music. The program then culminates with a fully-staged, age-appropriate opera performance. Normally, students from classrooms across the city come to an auditorium for a performance, which allows them to witness firsthand the ways that various elements come together to tell a story through music. However, this year all performances will be virtual viewings of the performance followed by a Q&A session with the director and performers to offer students further opportunities to enhance their understanding of the process.

2021 PRODUCTION DATES

Your virtual visit will be scheduled with your assigned Teaching Artist in April or May that is convenient for you classroom, and they will guide you to when it will be convenient to show the production film followed by a live Q & A with select members of the cast and crew.

2021 PRODUCTION DETAILS

CENDRILLON by Pauline Viardot and adaptation by Seamus Ricci

The epitome of the fairy tales, Cendrillon in French translate to Cinderella who is loves and cares for her two sisters now that they no long have a mother or father looking after them. While Cendrillon may be happy with the current living situation, she does feel that there is someone who believes in the goodness and joy in the world. With a little help and encouragement from La Feé (The Fairy), Cendrillon goes on an adventure to the Prince’s royal ball.