Elementary In School Opera

Our professional teaching artists will help your students discover their musical and performance talents while learning their parts in an opera they will perform for their friends, family and community.

Through engaging weekly workshops, your students will learn their roles as chorus members in The Prospector, a kid-friendly opera by Lee Holdridge with excerpts from The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini..

As a Gold Rush prospector and his mule make their way across the desert, they are stopped by a hungry pack of coyotes. Desperate to save himself, the prospector offers to take the coyotes to Minnie’s saloon, known far and wide for the excellent food and the kindness and beauty of its proprietress. Thus the prospector intrigues the coyotes, distracting them from their hunger with the story of Minnie and her beloved Ramerrez, Sheriff Jack Rance, and all the miners that Minnie cared for and taught.  

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the program is full.


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• Students perform on stage with sets, lighting, and stage crew from LA Opera Connects.
• Provides cross-curricular ties with American History.
• Enrollment is open for up to 15 schools within a 30-mile radius of the Music Center.
• Maximum of 70 students per school from the 4th and 5th grade.
• The in-person school participation fee is $1,500

• Teachers must attend the required in-service via Zoom on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.
• Students meet once a week for five weeks, January 5 through February 6, 2026. 
• All workshops are scheduled for one class period, one day, each week between 9:00am and 3:00pm.
• Performance days will be scheduled between February 9 and February 27, 2026.