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- EIN 39-1583686
- (608) 277-9560
- 6441 Enterprise Lane Suite 207 Madison WI 53719 USA
- www.OperaForTheYoung.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Opera, Performing Arts
Mission: Opera for the Young''s mission is "to ignite enthusiasm for opera" by providing professional, affordable school-based performances; to involve students in performance and production; to provide professional opportunities for emerging artists; and to foster the creation of new operatic work expressly intended for young audiences. In addition to "The Barber of Seville," OFY''s repertoire includes adaptations of Humperdinck''s "Hansel and Gretel;" Donizetti''s "The Elixir of Love;" Gilbert and Sullivan''s "The Pirates of Penzance;" Mozart''s "The Magic Flute;" Dvorak''s "Rusalka;" and a work based on the masterpieces of Gluck, Monteverdi and Offenbach, entitled, "Orpheus Returns, The Case of the Underworld Zoo." A forthcoming commission is being planned to celebrate the company''s 40th anniversary in 2010.
Programs: Opera for the young brings live, professional opera to elementary school audiences with annual fall and spring tours. Students appear onstage in chorus and cameo roles, performing for their peers right alongside professional artists. All productions are fully staged, sung in english, and adapted especially for kids each year. Opera for the young reaches over 90,000 elementary school children throughout the midwest to ignite an enthusiasm for opera. During the 2014-15 season, opera for the young staged 196 performances. Opera for the young also holds an annual set and costume design contest where sudents submit drawings for pre-selected elements of the upcoming production's sets and costumes.
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