Students & Teachers: Opera for All

NEWS

2010 Season

ABC7Chicago: Chicago school kids stage an opera

WFMT: Chicago Opera Theater and After School Matters Teach Opera to New Generation

COT’s Opera for All announces its 2009-2010 school year focus on Cavalli’s opera Giasone (Jason and the Golden Fleece). Over 350 students will explore the myth of Jason on his quest for the magical Golden Fleece, the process of creating an opera and then performing a student version of the opera for their school.

Chicago Opera Theater for Teens presents its next concert in April 2010.

Company Description:
Chicago Opera Theater's mission is:

To provide first class productions of operatic repertoire that includes the greatest works of the 17th, 18th, 20th and 21st centuries.
To produce intimate and innovative performances that are accessible to everyone.
To discover and develop the most talented young artists in the United States.
To become an integral part of Chicago’s cultural landscape.

2009 Season

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and Chicago Opera Theater: CAPE and COT have teamed up to create a website highlighting COT’s Opera for All program. Click here for more information and to access the CAPE website

Chicago Opera Theater for Teens presented its winter concert on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the Claudia Cassidy Theater. View event highlights and photos.

Read Opera for All’s press release on this year’s student production celebrating our newest US President.

COT’s Opera for All announces its 2008-2009 school year focus on W.A. Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito. Over 350 students will explore the life of Mozart and the Enlightenment ideals reflected in this work.

Teaching Artist position available for 2008-2009 school year. Click here for more information.

2008 Season
Students and teachers were invited to COT's India Blooms in Chicago festival. CPDU credit was available for the April 26, 2008 Stories in Motion: Narrative Dance in India event at the International House.

International opera star Michelle DeYoung visited COT and ASM's Opera Theater Workshop for Teens as a guest of Mrs. Maggie Daley. Read about it in our In the Schools blog.

COT’s Opera Theater Workshop for Teens presented Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance on April 15 & 16, 2008. View event information

COT’s In the Schools weekly blog is now available. Take a peek into our Opera for All classrooms as they are immersed in the world of A Flowering Tree

Chicago Opera Theater's Opera Theater Workshop for Teens presented their winter concert on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple. View event photos.

Teaching Artist position for this spring available. Click here for more information.

COT Director of Education & Outreach, Kara Kane, was Principal for a Day at Opera for All partner school Von Humboldt Elementary.

COT’s Opera for All announces 2007-2008 school-year focus on John Adams’ opera A Flowering Tree. Over 450 elementary students will explore the Asian Indian culture highlighted in this south Indian folktale. In addition to demystifying opera, other themes include: transformation, storytelling, and creation and the composer.

Newest Chicago Public School Partner joins COT’s Opera for All 2007-2008 program: Meet South Loop Elementary.

2007-2008 Opera for All Season Kicked-off with a cultural workshop with the Indo-American Heritage Museum. Dorothie Shah and Lakshmi Menon from IAHM provided insight into the Chicago Indo-American community and education materials for our Teaching Artists to take to our partner schools.