Family Opera Day

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Dave Alcorn

"Cinderella" by Opera for the Young.

Family Opera Day, a free, annual event hosted by Opera for the Young, returns in-person with a performance of Cinderella. Founded in 1970, Opera for the Young is a nonprofit whose focus is exposing children to opera. The day kicks off with an art lesson and yoga for children at 9:30 a.m., followed by a music lesson at 10:15 a.m., and the opera at 11 a.m.

press release: Join Opera for the Young (OFTY) for their 12th annual Family Opera Day featuring OFTY's Cinderella. Come for pre-show workshops and enjoy opera-related activities including art, yoga and singing.

Opera for the Young is joined by the Madison Youth Choirs, little om Big Om, and the Madison Children's Museum.  

Schedule of events:

9:30am Art Lesson / Yoga for Children – Rotunda Stage

10:15am Music Lesson – Playhouse

11:00am Cinderella – Playhouse

Family Opera Day is made possible by: Pleasant Rowland Great Performance Fund for Theater, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation and by Dane Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.

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