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Opera Education Resource Materials

The San Francisco Opera Education Department and San Francisco Opera Guild offer Education Materials to help teachers connect opera performances to their classroom curriculum.  Please see both sections below to find the appropriate materials for your classroom.

San Francisco Opera Educator and Family Resource Materials

The San Francisco Opera Education Department provides resource materials and plenty of ideas for teachers to connect dress rehearsals and Opera DVDs for Schools to their curriculum – for multiple learning goals of Grade K through 12 students. The resource materials may also be used by families who wish to learn more about opera together.  Please click on the appropriate opera selection below.

2012-13 Season Operas

The Capulets and the Montagues by Vincenzo Bellini

Lohengrin by Richard Wagner

Moby-Dick by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer

The Secret Garden by Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini

Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Operas from Prior Seasons (in alphabetical order)

 

The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Carmen by Georges Bizet

Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti (Movie)

Faust by Charles Gounod

The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini

Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini 

The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Otello by Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi

Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi

Xerxes by George Frideric Handel

Program support for the 2011-12 San Francisco Opera Education Department’s school programs has been provided by the Columbia Foundation, Robert and Laura Cory, S.H. Cowell Foundation, Gap Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the Junior League of San Francisco through the Melissa Harrington Hughes 9/11 Memorial Fund, the Kimball Foundation, the Michelson Family Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, Singh-Anderson Foundation, Union Bank, Wells Fargo, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
Union Bank

San Francisco Opera Guild Educator Resource Materials

Supplementary educational materials are designed to be used by teachers in the classroom, as preparation for their students’ experience with opera. Guides include synopsis, composer/librettist histories, thematic information, classroom discussion prompts and activities, and opera basics.

Teachers' Guides for Sing a Story Program  
Hansel and Gretel  PDF 5 MB
The Magic Flute  PDF 14 MB
Das Rheingold  PDF 2 MB


Study Guides and Resource Books     Cinemacasts 2008  
Faust Teachers Guide PDF 3 MB   Don Giovanni PDF 1.5 MB
The Girl of the Golden West Teachers Guide PDF 2.4 MB   La Rondine PDF 500 kB
Otello Teachers Guide PDF 1.2 MB   Samson and Delilah PDF 1 MB 
Porgy and Bess Teachers Guide PDF 1.5 MB   Madame Butterfly PDF 750 kB 
Daughter of the Regiment Teachers Guide PDF 813 kB      
The Magic Flute Teachers Guide PDF 3 MB           
Macbeth Teachers Guide PDF 1 MB      
The Rake's Progress Teachers Guide PDF 2 MB      
The Bonesetters Daughter Teachers Guide PDF 1 MB      
La Bohème Teachers Guide PDF 1 MB      
Boris Godunov Teachers Guide PDF 1 MB      
The Elixir of Love Teachers Guide PDF 1.3 MB    

For more information contact our Education Departments:
San Francisco Opera: 415-551-6296
San Francisco Opera Guild: 415-565-3238