Performances for Students
Popcorn and Pasquale
Family Matinee
By Gaetano Donizetti (and his pals at Lyric Opera!)
In Italian with projected English texts
| Date: |
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 2:00 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
$20/$15/$10 per ticket for students and teachers
$40/$30/$20 per ticket for adults (parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents) |
| Grades: |
1 – 6 |
| Subjects: |
Truth vs. lies, money can’t buy happiness, love defies status, comedy |
A 70-minute opera adventure created especially for children ages 5 to 12 and their families. Don Pasquale is Donizetti’s great Italian comedy about an older man who marries a younger woman—and gets much more than he bargained for! Under the guidance of famed Chicago actor Ross Lehman, the audience will enjoy selected songs and scenes from Lyric’s production, interviews with the characters, and demonstrations of set changes and other stagecraft. In the Civic Opera House with the mainstage cast, orchestra, costumes, and sets! Tickets to this performance are also available for individual families.
Hansel and Gretel - SOLD OUT
Matinee Performances
By Engelbert Humperdinck
In German with projected English texts
| Dates: |
Friday, December 14, 2012, 2:00 p.m. - SOLD OUT |
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Thursday, January 17, 2013, 2:00 p.m. - SOLD OUT |
| Tickets: |
$20 per ticket |
| Grades: |
6 – 12 |
| Subjects: |
Fairytale, hunger, resourcefulness, families in turmoil, neglect |
| Prof. Development: |
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
| Study Guide: |
Click here to download a student study guide for Hansel and Gretel
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Lyric’s celebrated production transfers the famous Brothers Grimm fairytale to the 1950s. A family has fallen on hard times, siblings Hansel and Gretel fight about food, dream about food, and almost become food in a story that, like so many others, deals with meaty issues behind its fairytale façade. Full Lyric mainstage production in the Civic Opera House. Tickets are on a first-come first-served bases.
A Streetcar Named Desire
High School & College Night
By André Previn
In English with projected English texts
| Date: |
Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
$20 per ticket |
| Grades: |
9 – 12 and college |
| Subjects: |
Dysfunctional relationships, psychology, Tennessee Williams play, alcoholism, the South |
In this operatic version of Tennessee Williams’ well-known play, Blanche goes to New Orleans to visit her sister Stella. She romances Mitch, a shy friend of her brother-in-law, Stanley. Tensions rise between Stanley and Blanche, especially after he discovers dark secrets from her past that cause her relationship with Mitch to fall apart. Conflict between the characters ultimately leads to total catastrophe. Semi-staged Lyric mainstage performance with full orchestra in the Civic Opera House with a cast that includes: Beverly O'Regan Thiele as Blanche, Kiera Duffy as Stella, Scott Ramsay as Mitch, and David Adams Moore as Stanley. This is a great opportunity for teachers to bring students to the opera outside of the regular school day.
Click here to download the order form for A Streetcar Named Desire.Oklahoma!
Approximate running time: 3h 15m
Student Matinee Performance
By Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
| Date: |
Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 12:30 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
$20 per ticket, $10 tickets sold out! |
| Grades: |
6 – 12 |
| Subjects: |
Revenge, love, comedy, American history, status of women, ranching/cowboys, farm life |
| Prof. Development: |
Saturday, February 23, 2013, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
| Study Guide: |
Click here to download a student study guide for Oklahoma!
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Cowboy adventures and romance in the Oklahoma Territory one year before it became a state. This season’s Student Matinee is a true staple of American music history not to be missed. Oklahoma! is the result of the first collaboration of the legendary duo Rodgers & Hammerstein. Full Lyric mainstage production in the Civic Opera House.
Click here to download the order form for Oklahoma!
Lyric Opera gratefully recognizes and deeply appreciates the generosity of the following contributors:
Students at the Opera
Lead Sponsor
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Cosponsors
Anonymous
John and Rosemary Brown
General Mills Foundation
The Gerda Lissner Foundation
Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers
Carol Prins and John Hart
Segal Family Foundation
Bill and Orli Staley Foundation
Mrs. Roy I. Warshawsky