Imagine Opera in your classroom!
Opera Boxes – now online at www.imagineopera.org
Visit the Minnesota Opera's new education website for students and teachers.
- Students
can peek behind the curtain to learn how an opera is put onstage, as well as
watch the history of opera unfold
- Educators will find the Teacher's Guide area that includes numerous lesson plans ready to download that are aligned with state and national standards. Activities include creating a cultural timeline, acting out scenes from the opera learning how to write critically about a musical performance and more.
Teacher Guides that are available to download:
- The Italian Girl in Algiers (Rossini)
- Romeo and Juliet (Gounod)
- The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
- The Grapes of Wrath (Gordon)
- Tosca (Puccini)
- The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
- Carmen (Bizet)
- Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- The Magic Flute (Mozart)
- Rigoletto (Verdi)
- Nixon in China (Adams)
- La bohème (Puccini)
- La traviata (Verdi)
- Madame Butterfly (Puccini)
- The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
Additional resources are available for rent with each Teacher's Guide, such as …
- Full and Vocal Scores to each opera
- Multiple
DVDs and CDs with a Reference
and Tracking Guide coordinating all the
tracks to related pages in the vocal and full scores and in the lesson plans.
- Reference
Books about the composer, the work and
opera in general.
- The
site is growing and new items are being added all the time - so check back soon!
imagineopera is supported through a generous gift from Best Buy.