Opera Residencies

Opera Discovery Project engages students in grades 6-12 in the study of opera through activities that integrate language arts, music, drama, and performance skills. Students gain a rich understanding of a selected work, its history and context, and important themes.

Working in collaboration with the classroom teacher, a Lyric teaching artist guides students through a creative process to reinterpret select operatic scenes with their own words and music.

The program includes a field trip to the Lyric Opera House to attend a final dress rehearsal. Teachers determine a session schedule that coordinates with the established class meeting schedule.

Opera Residency applications open each spring for the following school year. The application process for the 2026/27 school year has now closed. Check back in April 2027 for next year.

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The High School Choir Residency supports vocal instruction in high school (grades 9-12) choir programs by providing regular, year-round assistance from a Lyric professional teaching artist. Teaching artists work collaboratively with choir teachers to deliver student instruction and foster student artistic growth. The program features several integrated components:

• Regular, ongoing music learning support in the choral classroom
• Participation in Lyric's Choral Fest 
• Passes to a final dress rehearsal at Lyric
• Option to integrate an Opera Discovery Project into the High School Choir Residency

Opera Residency applications open each spring for the following school year. The application process for the 2026/27 school year has now closed. Check back in April 2027 to apply.

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The Elementary Opera Residency engages students in grades 1-5 in creating and performing an original opera that integrates curricular content objectives with arts learning in music, theater, and movement.

Teachers and Lyric teaching artists work collaboratively to develop a custom residency plan that addresses desired learning outcomes while students participate in creative storytelling through the art of opera.

Teachers determine a session schedule that coordinates with the established class meeting schedule. The program can be implemented any time during the school year.

Opera Residency applications open each spring for the following school year. The application process for the 2026/27 school year has now closed. Check back in April 2027 to apply.

Download Elementary Opera Residency program information