Indianapolis Opera Ensemble

 

 

Indianapolis Opera’s resident company travels throughout Indiana and neighboring states with a variety of entertaining and educational programs for children and adults.  The Ensemble reaches more than 40,000 students each year with fully staged children’s operas, performances of opera scenes, and interactive residencies.

 

Information about children's opera scores for rent

 

 

2010 Season

 

 

Download the 2010 Indianapolis Opera Ensemble season brochure

 

Rumplestiltskin: Ultimate Bully  NEW!

Music from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
Story adapted by Denise Page Caraher

 

Bullies come in all shapes and sizes, and they always come with a bad attitude.  Adele and the Prince, along with their mammalian friend, Batzilla, have their hands full with the bully that pushes them around.  They don’t even know his name, but he always gets his way!  Their greed and lack of honesty put them in such a pickle that they have to rely on the bully’s help, and they know that is a mistake.  What will he want in return?  Set to the delightful and memorable music from Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Rumplestiltskin provides plenty of laughs as the audience watches the suspense unfold to its bye-bye-bully conclusion, with plenty of great tips for students along the way.

 

Cost:  from $450*
Grades:  K-5
Length:  45 minutes

 

   

Opera à la Carte
The Ensemble members will take you on a magical journey through some of the world's greatest operas with this program of arias, duets, and scenes—many with audience participation.  After the performance, the artists will answer questions about singing and their careers in opera.

 

Cost:  from $450*
Grades:  6-12
Length:  variable—up to one hour

 

 

Residency: The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan’s popular operetta The Mikado is the focus of our 2010 multidisciplinary residency program.  A curriculum packet provided to the school enables students to explore Japanese arts and culture while they build sets, props and costumes and decorate the school for their own production.  The performance features our Ensemble singers as the leads, with students in secondary roles and as the chorus.

 

Cost: from $2,500*
Grades: 3-8

 

The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble in Concert
A concert by the Ensemble in your local community arts center or other venue is the perfect complement to a school tour.  A discussion on careers in opera is an optional addition.

Cost: from $600*

 

 

Programs are available from January 11 to May 9, 2010.  To schedule your performance, call (317) 283-3531 or email pattyh@indyopera.org.

 

*Travel cost is added to performances outside Marion County.

 

  

	The 2010 Indianapolis Opera Ensemble is generously sponsored by:
	Duke Energy	Indiana Arts Commission
	National Endowment for the Arts	Bloomington Area Arts Council
	Arts Council of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis