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It's true! You can bring Pinocchio: The Opera to your school!

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Age Group

Recommended for students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. A teacher packet (pdf) is provided. One printed copy is available upon request.

Duration & Cost

35 minutes, plus a 10-minute Q&A session with the performers for $150 invoiced by PO after the performance. (Limited sponsorships may be available.)

Requirements

An all-purpose room, gymnasium, or auditorium; microphone with a stand; tuned piano or stationary keyboard.

Scheduling

Performances may occur between 8:30AM and 10:30AM. Dates are scheduled in the order requests are received.

Stepping into a new and unknown world, Pinocchio is deceived by Wolf and Cat and persuaded to disobey his father by skipping school in order to meet Dr. Dulcamara, a loathsome puppeteer.

Realizing the puppet’s value, Dulcamara holds Pinocchio captive, intending to have him perform with his miraculous mechanical doll, Olympia. Puppet and doll become friends, and when Dulcamara breaks Olympia in a fit of rage, Pinocchio runs home to admit his disobedience and ask his father’s forgiveness. Pinocchio and his dad race back to save Olympia.

As Pinocchio resolves to always tell the truth and share his problems with trusted grown-ups, he and his father head home to repair Olympia and begin life anew as a family of three.

EXCERPT - Geppetto

EXCERPT - Wolf

APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST

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About Our Partnership

The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute is an Academic Institute of Higher Education. Piedmont Opera is a nonprofit professional opera company. The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute is not financially supported by Piedmont Opera, and Piedmont Opera is not financially supported by the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. Both organizations collaborate to bring you this educational program. We invite our patrons and donors to become engaged in supporting this traveling opera. A gift at any level helps keep the arts in schools and exposes elementary students to opera while teaching important moral lessons. Teachers receive a comprehensive packet filled with pre- and post-show information and activities that align with NC teaching standards to take students from exposure to comprehension. If you would like to help support this partnership or sponsor a school, please contact Piedmont Opera at mhartle@piedmontopera.org or 336.725.7101.

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Meet the Cast

These hard-working, talented, and dedicated performers are graduate level students of the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute of UNCSA working on professional degrees in opera. Once accepted into these highly selective programs, students perform in fully-staged productions of new and established operatic works and participate in touring and outreach programs. Extensive performance experience is enriched by advanced studies in voice, language, diction, operatic literature, acting, movement, stage combat, and career enhancement strategies.