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Worcester Opera
Works
Worcester Opera Works currently performs for elementary schools and is writing a program for middle and high schools. We are also hosting a quarterly "Aria Sing" in Worcester, a time and place for local singers to perform new repertoire, prepare for auditions and network with other singers (non-singing audience is welcome and encouraged!) We will be having an evening of opera scenes on April 21, 2006, and also plan on performing our first mainstage opera in the spring of 2007. Please visit our website for more details about these events. Upcoming Events Summer Benefit Concerts: July 30 (Broadway Melodies), August 6 (Italian Music Night), August 13 (Duets, Trios and Scenes from Opera and Broadway) and August 20 (Opera Night). Amahl and the Night Visitors: January, 2009 at Gordon Hall, Worcester Diamonds and Toads: a new touring opera for children, starting January 2009
Diamonds and
Toads
 After several years of touring the successful production of Little Red Riding Hood to schools and communities throughout Massachusetts, Worcester Opera Works is pleased to announce a new, original production for elementary age students. Diamonds and Toads is based on the French fairy tale by Perrault and tells the tale of two sisters and how by way of a Fairy they learn the value of kind speech and empathy. This tale has a valuable lesson and is also an excellent introduction to the music of Mozart. Visit Worcester Opera Works' "opera for students" page for more details, including how to bring this opera to your school or community.
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Opera Works is an organization whose two-fold mission includes both opera
performance and opera education. World-famous tenor, conductor and
artistic director Placido Domingo stated recently that "...if children would
learn about opera from an early age, many of them will be open to it and
want to know more. They will grow up appreciating opera..." He
went on to say that "... you can't really blame the parents for not taking
their children to the opera, if they grew up with rock 'n' roll themselves.
It's a matter of education. It's a matter of breaking this chain and
beginning to develop familiarity with opera in the next generations as early
as possible." (Classical Singer Magazine, September 2004)