OperaTunity: opera education for the community
Description
Opera education is a relatively new addition to opera companies in the United States, introducing children and adults to opera and spreading the message that operas are dramatic stories told through music. This paper focuses on the opera education group OperaTunity and its relationship with the company Arizona Opera, which is based in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The majority of the paper consists of a history of Arizona Opera, the establishment of its Opera Education Department, and the inception and activities of OperaTunity. The information in this account comes from interviews with personnel involved with OperaTunity and from documents pertinent to the program. This study also examines the reception and success of the group in Arizona and includes examples of educational materials to provide to teachers who are introducing children and adults to opera. This account of the history and activities of OperaTunity is intended to aid future educators and opera companies in developing opera education programs.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2016
Agent
- Author (aut): Miller, Rhea Ann
- Thesis advisor (ths): Holbrook, Amy
- Committee member: Kopta, Anne E
- Committee member: Mills, Robert
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University