Imagine Opera in your classroom!

Opera Boxes – now online at www.imagineopera.org

Visit the Minnesota Opera's new education website for students and teachers.

• Students can peek behind the curtain to learn how an opera is put onstage, as well as watch the history of opera unfold
  
• Educators will find the Teacher's Guide area that includes numerous lesson plans ready to download that are aligned with state and national standards. Activities include creating a cultural timeline, acting out scenes from the opera learning how to write critically about a musical performance and more.

Teacher Guides that are available to download: 

• The Italian Girl in Algiers (Rossini)
• Romeo and Juliet (Gounod)
• The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Gordon)
• Tosca (Puccini)
• The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
• Carmen (Bizet)
• Don Giovanni (Mozart)
• The Magic Flute (Mozart)
• Rigoletto (Verdi)
• Nixon in China (Adams)
• La bohème (Puccini)
• La traviata (Verdi)
• Madame Butterfly (Puccini)

Additional resources are available for rent with each Teacher's Guide, such as …

• Full and Vocal Scores to each opera
  
• Multiple DVDs and CDs with a Reference and Tracking Guide coordinating all the tracks to related pages in the vocal and full scores and in the lesson plans.
  
• Reference Books about the composer, the work and opera in general.
  
• The site is growing and new items are being added all the time - so check back soon!
  

imagineopera is supported through a generous gift from Best Buy.