Lyric Opera Camp

There are no ghostly tales shared around the campfire, but, oh, the stories they will tell after attending the two-week Lyric Opera Summer Camp! All nine through eighteen-year-olds are invited to attend this fun, music-filled camp beginning Monday, July 26, through Friday, July 30 and Monday, August 2 through Friday, August 6. Both sessions begin at 11:00am and end at 3:30pm. There is an optional camp for campers grades 8-12, 3:30-4:30pm. All sessions will be at the Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central, downtown Kansas City, MO. Tuition is $350 and there are need-based scholarships available.

The daily camp schedule includes singing and movement, dramatizing and listening to music from upcoming main stage operas, field trips, and visits from Lyric Opera artistic staff and singers. Entertaining, enriching, and challenging-the Lyric Opera Summer Camp helps young people appreciate the many facets of opera and develop as singers while making new and lasting friendships.

Additional 2010  camp features include singing games, music reading activities, choral rehearsal and close study and play around Bizet’s Carmen, the Lyric Opera’s first production of the 2010-2011 season. A select group of singers will be chosen to sing in the production.

Camp will culminate in a potluck luncheon and camp performance of Beauty and the Beast at the Lyric Theatre.

 For more information, please Paula Winans, Lyric Opera, pwinans@kcopera.org,  816-471-4933, or visit http://www.kcopera.org.