by Jung | Feb 7, 2019 | Fifth Grade, Opera
Submitted by 5th Grade Students Note: Periodically, students in fifth grade will submit articles chronicling their process in creating their original opera. We value their voices and experiences. Stay tuned for more features until the production opens and...
by Jung | Oct 5, 2018 | D-E community, Opera
On Monday, October 1, the fifth graders attended a matinee performance of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West. As we entered the lobby of the opera house the first thing students saw were the beautiful Swarovski crystal chandeliers, a long-standing gift from the Austrian...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Opera
Contributed by the Opera Public Relations Team Opera isn’t just about overweight ladies in viking hats! It’s about an important story translated through music and acting. And that’s just what the 5th graders of Sparks of Imagination Opera Company aimed to do. The...
by admin | Apr 6, 2018 | Opera
The 5th Grade Creating Original Opera program is working in earnest on their production which will take place later this month. In anticipation of this annual program the Opera PR Team has created a podcast series.
by Jung | Jan 26, 2018 | Opera, Second Grade
Contributed by Mary Heveran On Friday, January 19, our fifth-grader students attended the final dress rehearsal of Verdi’s opera IL Trovatore. It was a special student performance presented by the Metropolitan Opera. Students arrived at school dressed in their...
by Jung | May 9, 2017 | Opera
The 5th graders of Dwight-Englewood School have worked all year long to create an original opera, entitled If It’s Broken… Who Will Fix It? which they performed to a full house on Thursday, April 27. The theme they chose for the opera was “perseverance”, because the...
