For Families
Family Day
Cinderella at the Opera Center!
Arizona Opera's Opera at your School program comes to the Roma & Raymond Wittcoff Black Box Theatre! This event features a live performance of our current traveling adapted opera, Cinderella!
Lecture Series with Dr. Miriam Schildkret, PN1
Opera Through the Ages – A Three-Part Series
Each lecture in this three-part series will take audiences on a journey from the origins of opera all the way to opera in the present day. Musical examples and performances are included in each lecture helping to guide you through each time period.
Student Night at the Opera
In-Person
Special tickets are available for the final dress rehearsal performance of every mainstage opera. These nights are reserved specifically for students to get swept away by great music and stories–while enhancing classroom learning.
Tucson Seats-for-Students
In-Person
Special tickets are reserved for students to attend the Saturday mainstage performances at Tucson Music Hall. Registration is required and seats are very limited.
Music Movement Breaks
For Students K-6, Digital
Arizona Opera and Ballet Arizona are proud to present Music Movement Breaks, a FREE digitally interactive tool that encourages your students to get up, dance, and have fun while learning important rhythm, listening, and movement skills. Whether used as a tool to teach important state standards, or just to take a break from virtual, hybrid, or in-person learning, these Music Movement Breaks are sure to get your students moving and dancing!
Musical Storytime with Arizona Opera
Digital
Join members of the Arizona Opera Education Department for Storytime with a musical twist! Each selected story is woven together with musical experts to enhance the story being presented.
Starting Friday, September 25 through December, we will be releasing a new musical story every two weeks! Be sure to follow us on social media, and sign up for our email list to enjoy each unique musical story.
Opera For Lunch: Arizona Opera Recital Series
In-Person
Join us for our free, 30-minute lunchtime recitals each month at the Arizona Opera Center featuring the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio Artists. We invite you to step away from your desk and listen to world-class singing. You are welcome to bring your lunch. Registration is encouraged – please check the current Arizona Opera safety protocol’s before attending the event.
12:15 to 12:45 PM. at the Arizona Opera Center
Open Virtual Masterclasses
Virtual
Arizona Opera’s Educational Teaching Artists are ready to bring these vital arts topics right to your home. Intended for students in grades 6 – 12, Arizona Opera is offering virtual sessions for students learning from home. Registration is free and students can sign up for as many classes as they would like.
Fall registration coming soon
Opera at Home Virtual Learning Tools
We know how important an arts education is, and are here to help you continue to provide an arts education while you are learning at home. Click below to browse what Arizona Opera, and other organizations, are doing to help!