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Final Dress Rehearsals
A unique experience for attendees! Student groups are now able to attend Tri-Cities Opera’s final dress rehearsals for performances of the 2019 - 20 season.
Ticket price (students and chaperones): $10
Minimum number of tickets: No minimum; maximum 150
Tosca
Rehearsal Date: Friday, October 18, 7-10 pm at the Forum Theatre
Grades: 9-12
Length of Performance: 3 hours (acceptable to leave before the rehearsal ends)
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards for the Arts:
Music and Theater
Description:
Tosca is a tale of romance over politics, featuring a heroic painter, Mario Cavaradossi, a despicable ruler, Baron Scarpia, and an operatic superstar, Floria Tosca herself. Set in Rome in 1800, Tosca is one of the most lethal of operas. Will any of the central characters make it to the end alive, hero or villain?
Categories: Music-Opera, Music-Vocal
Adult Content: Violence, death, and suicide
Sung in Italian with English Opera Titles
Marie Begins
Rehearsal Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm at Tri-Cities Opera Center
Grades: 9-12
Length of Performance: 2 hours
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards for the Arts:
Music and Theater:
Description:
Meet Marie, an overwhelmed and under-accomplished woman entering adulthood while mourning her deceased father. Today she realizes it’s time to get her life together and she needs your help to figure out how she’s going to do it. Marie Begins is an immersive “Operactive” experience in which you’re transformed from passive consumer to active participant through the use of interactive technology – a world premiere!
Categories: Music-Opera, Music-Vocal
Adult Content: Adult language
Sung in English with English Opera Titles
A Little Night Music
Rehearsal Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 7:00-9:30 pm at Tri-Cities Opera Center
Grades: 6-12
Length of Performance: 2 1/2 hours
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards for the Arts:
Music and Theater
Description:
Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman’s film, Smiles of a Summer Night and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and elegance. Winner of four Tony Awards, this is a musical work that has forever entranced the world of theatre including the popular song “Send in the Clowns.”
Categories: Music-Opera, Music-Vocal
Adult Content: Adult language and themes, including HIV/AIDS, sexuality
Sung in English with English Opera Titles