TT1819 Cultural Catalogue

SECONDARY-SPECIFIC OFFERS
Royal Opera House
Project Name
Opera in a Day
About the Project
After the continued success of the Royal Opera House
(ROH) Carmen project in primary schools, the Royal
Opera House learning team presents Opera in a Day for
secondary schools. This day-long event aims to inspire
teachers and young people to explore their awareness of
opera and to raise the standard of dramatic singing in
school.
Furthermore, this project can provide secondary schools
with a new route into singing through engagement in
collaborative performance, by discovering the impact of
operatic repertoire and power of working together.
The ROH’s La Bohème is an infamous opera in four acts,
with music by Giacomo Puccini using a libretto by Luigi
Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera tells the tragic
story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally
poor seamstress in 19th century Paris. Considered risqué
for its day, it is now one of the three most popular operas
performed in the world.
Over the course of a day your students will engage with
the music, the characters and the story of Puccini’s Opera
La Boheme.
Participants will work with a highly qualified ROH Vocal
Coach and a stage director to improve singing skills, learn
the repertoire, develop skills in stage presentation and
develop an understanding of what opera singing is all
about: using the whole body and voice for storytelling.
Students will also build musical knowledge, explore
characterisation, performing skills and gain a sense of
self-expression and confidence.
The day will finish with a sharing performance of the
excerpts that the students have learnt from the opera,
alongside their interpretation of the stage setting. This
allows the group to work as an opera company would.
Please note, if several schools sign up for this offer, there
is a possibility to turn this into an inter-school event (if
suitable).
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