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SECONDARY IN SCHOOL OPERA 

Secondary students break the mold of traditional school productions as they turn their school into a world-class opera house.

Arts and education meet at our In School Opera residencies. Ten weeks learning from LA Opera artists fly by as students sharpen their performance skills and perform a full-scale opera (and master some Common Core and Visual and Performing Arts standards, too).

This fall we present The Wreck of the Miranda, an original youth opera commissioned by LA Opera Connects, written by composer Nathan Wang and librettist Matthew Leavitt.

The Wreck of the Miranda is set in a seaside town in Southern California. When the residents of their town begin to fall mysteriously ill, eco-conscious high school student Eva becomes suspicious that a recent shipwreck is to blame. She has to learn to put aside her differences and work together with popular student Angela to change the tide of public opinion in a town that's propped up entirely by the fishing industry. Together with their school, played by the chorus of students, they must conduct research, collect data and confront the mega-corporation to hold them responsible.

Applications are now closed. Check back next year for information about our 2025/26 season.

THINGS TO KNOW 

  • Students perform on stage with professional opera singers, dancers, sets, lighting, and stage crew from LA Opera.
  • Covers Common Core and Visual and Performing Arts standards.
  • Workshops are once a week for 10 weeks, for one class period (between 9am and 3pm). Performances will occur on one weekday between November 4-15.
  • Extensive teaching materials and lesson plans are provided to connect the program to literature, social science, history, world cultures, and language skills.
  • Teachers must attend a required orientation via Zoom on Tuesday, August 13, 5pm-6pm.
  • Enrollment is open for up to 10 schools within a 30-mile radius of the Music Center.
  • Maximum of 50 students per school.
  • The in-person school participation fee is $1,500.

To get in touch with questions, connect with us at Connects@laopera.org or call us at 213.972.3157.

Generous support for this program from the
California Arts Council
Employees Community Fund of Boeing

LA Opera Connects is generously supported by
The Emanuel Treitel Senior Citizen Fund
The Green Foundation
The Music Man Foundation
LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan