Opera Boston's Opera Shop

The Telephone: A Comic Opera on One Act
Do modern forms of communication really make it easier for us to understand one another? Ben desperately wants to propose marriage to Lucy, but each time the critical moment arrives she interrupts him to answer her telephone. In today’s cell phone-saturated era, Menotti’s 1947 comic masterpiece is timelier than ever. The program features a complete performance of "The Telephone" plus an interactive introduction to operatic elements including aria, recitative and voice types.

Performance Time: 50-60 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-8
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $650 Double: $1,040*
Travel Fee: based on mileage
*Add $25 for each additional location.


Add a Student Workshop
Opera’s unique joining of words and music creates a powerful form of storytelling that has been popular for over 400 years.  In this program students participate in both scripted and improvisatory activities that explore the elements of opera. For grades 6-8, the session culminates with rehearsing, performing and critiquing a short skit or scene adapted from an opera or musical. Grades 3-5 will rehearse, perform and critique a musical version of a well-known folk tale.
Participants: 50
Grade Levels: 3-8
Price: $250 per workshop (includes two artists)*
*Additional fee of $125 if school cannot provide a pianist

Massachusetts Curriculum Links
English Language Arts
Foreign Languages
Multicultural Studies
Music
Theater

back to top

Sandy Kiefer
Talking Cello
Up close and personal! Story telling and sound effects demonstrate what a cello can do. The one performer-one classroom approach gives kids a hands-on look at music making.  Cellist, Sandy Kiefer, demonstrates how music and words connect by telling a story using special sound effects of the cello.  The words of the story are then eliminated and only the sound effects remain, allowing children to trace the story by listening.  Next, students write their own story as a group, which Sandy performs on the cello. During this interactive program, students use finger math, writing, and drawing skills. Follow up worksheets are left with each class. Sandy Kiefer, educator and cellist, is currently the Suzuki cello teacher at Longy School of Music and professor of music at the University of Rhode Island.  She designed this engaging program specifically for younger students.
Grade Levels: preK-3
Performance Time: 30 min. (preK-2); 40 min. (2-3)
Audience Limit: 30 (preK-2); 75 (2-3)
Audience up to 30: Single: $215 Double: $345 Triple: $450 Quad: $535
Audience up to 75: Single: $350 Double: $560 Triple: $735 Quad: $875
Travel Fee: based on mileage

Massachusetts Curriculum Links
English Language Arts
Music

Deraldo Ferreira & the Afro Brazilian Ensemble NEW!
This lively show highlights three principal elements of Brazilian culture: music, martial arts and dance. The rhythms played throughout the show are steeped in traditions of the past, brought into the present through soulful interpretation. The performers, drawing upon a lifetime of experience and practice, vibrantly demonstrate forms of capoeira, maculele, samba and their origins. Their movements are smooth, seemingly effortless and highly acrobatic. The performance weaves all these elements together with a sense of humor and play, making the show accessible and fun.
Grade Levels: preK-12
Performance Time: 45 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $800 Double: $1,280* Triple: $1,680* Quad: $1,995*
*One location only

back to top

MUSIC » Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3