OPERA Iowa Educational Touring Troupe

2011 SPRING TOUR: January - April, 2011

Contact Michael Egel, DMMO's Director of Artistic Operations, to book an OPERA Iowa performance in your community! Call 515-961-6221.
 

OPERA Iowa is a past recipient of the 2002 Iowa Arts Council's Arts Build Communities "Arts in Education" Award

For 24 years OPERA Iowa has created magic - in rural schools, city classrooms, "cafetoriums", community centers, concert halls and gymnasiums - offering nearly 600,000 young people and adults a quality arts experience today while building new enthusiastic audiences for opera tomorrow. One of the most innovative programs of its kind in the country, this successful 13-week regional arts education tour features comprehensive study guides and curriculum-based education workshops as well as performances designed especially for young people. The eight-member OPERA Iowa Troupe are young professionals whose sole goal is to captivate their audiences.

Sid The Serpent Who Wanted To Sing

by Malcolm Fox

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the OPERA Iowa program, the opera that started it all returns to the repertory! First presented here in 1987 and again in 1999, Sid The Serpent Who Wanted To Sing has led multiple generations of Iowa school children to the wonders of the art form. This wonderful opera for children, with its loveable title character, has been our most requested opera for young people. Sid The Serpent Who Wanted To Sing can be booked alone for school residencies or together with an evening performance of The Magic Flute for community audiences.

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The Magic Flute

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart’s delightful commentary on love, forgiveness, tolerance and the brotherhood of mankind has become one of the most beloved operas in all the repertory. Filled with star-studded queens, dragons, bird-catchers, heroes and heroines and noble priests, The Magic Flute is a spectacular potpourri of worldly and heavenly delights all set with sublime enchantment to some of Mozart’s greatest music! One of our most popular shows, The Magic Flute returns to OPERA Iowa after an absence of ten years and is the perfect opera to delight and dazzle audiences of all ages. Sung in English with piano accompaniment.

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Des Moines Metro Opera gratefully recognizes the following corporations and foundations for their generous support of OPERA Iowa and the other programs of the Education Division:

             

     

For booking and performance information contact Michael Egel, Director of Artistic Operations at (515) 961-6221.