Opera in the Classroom
Grades 3 – 6
Available: October 2010 – June 2011
Fee: free/suggested donation $100
Application deadline: November 1, 2010
Introduce children to opera through arts- and literacy-based learning with this five-week residency. Focusing on Rossini's The Barber of Seville, a member of the Lyric Opera Education Corps partners with a classroom teacher to teach students basic listening skills and opera essentials.
[Illinois State Goals met: 1-5, 21, 25, 26]
Lyric Opera gratefully recognizes and deeply appreciates the generosity of the following contributors:
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kraft Foods
Polk Bros. Foundation