Educate Through Live Experience

Give your students the opportunity to learn about the timeless art form of opera through Manitoba Opera’s Student Night at the Opera.

Student Night at the Opera occurs at the final dress rehearsal before Opening Night and is an opportunity for students to experience a fully staged professional opera production at a greatly reduced price.

ELIGIBILITY

Group tickets

K-12 schools, home schools, or youth-serving organizations. Tickets must be ordered by the educational institutions.

Individual tickets

Full-time post-secondary students (must provide valid student ID).

All performances, including the dress rehearsals, take place at the Centennial Concert Hall.

ENHANCE THE OPERA EXPERIENCE

Prepare your students for Student Night at the Opera by sharing our Opera Study Guides with your class.

“It was amazing to laugh and hang out with my friends and watch a show. I had never been to the opera and I was amazed by the singing capabilities.”
– Student

To Our Education and Community Engagement Sponsor

Student Night at the Opera Dress Rehearsal Performances

Tosca

Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (Based on the French drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou)

In revolutionary Rome, the fiery, famous singer Tosca lives for art and love but finds herself in a life-and-death struggle when her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is caught trying to protect a freedom fighter. Scarpia, the corrupt chief of police will stop at nothing to satisfy his lust for her. In this game of deadly political intrigue will Tosca submit to Scarpia’s desires or see her lover die? The drama comes to life with some of Puccini’s most memorable arias, including Tosca’s iconic Vissi d’arte and Cavaradossi’s poignant E lucevan le stelle.

Thursday, November 20, 7:30 PM

Book Tickets

Sung in Italian with projected English translations.

The Marriage of Figaro

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart| Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte| Based on the French comedy La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais

It’s the eve of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding, but nothing is going right. The Count’s wandering eye has landed on the bride-to-be. Cherubino, the page, is sweet on the Countess, and Marcellina, the governess, is chasing after Figaro.

Mozart’s great ensemble comedy features a colourful cast of characters and a whirlwind of tricks, disguises, and mistaken identities. Can the servants turn the tables on the masters in order to teach the Count a lesson and save the wedding? Will love triumph?

From the famous overture to the finale, this social commentary on class and love unfolds with brilliant music, memorable melodies, and heart-breaking tenderness as the characters ponder young love, lost love, and forgiveness.

Thursday, April 16, 7:30 PM