Access Opera

Access Opera invites students to attend the final dress rehearsal of performances throughout each season. Continue reading below for information about performance dates and details, free and easily accessible curriculum resources, and registration information.

2024-2025 Season

Access Opera Productions

About Access Opera

Austin Opera is excited to provide the opportunity for students in Central Texas to experience live opera through our Access Opera program, and to support teachers in their efforts to create this meaningful and memorable occasion for their students.

Registration will cost $5 per final dress rehearsal ticket (for students and chaperones) and will remain free for Title I schools. Participation in the Access Opera program includes:

  • Tickets to the final dress rehearsal of a Long Center season production.
  • A free TEKS aligned, cross-curricular Access Opera Interactive Resource Guide, which gives an in-depth look into the show and our production in advance of the performance.
  • Optional docent presentation about the production, presented by our passionate Austin Opera volunteer docents. Subject to availability.

No school or student will be turned away from the Access Opera program for inability to pay. 

Please contact Director of Education & Community Impact, Andréa Ochoa, for more information.

Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials

Austin Opera values our partnerships with educators and strives to make opera education easy and fun for teachers and students alike. Below are the TEKS- aligned Interactive Resource Guides for our 2024-2025 Access Opera Performances, which include cast and creative team interview videos, animated listening maps, lessons on the history of each piece and so much more!

I loved watching my students engage in this opera experience. They were so excited, and this was thanks to the wonderful preparation you made possible for them all. Understanding the history, the set, the music, and the story line made it VERY accessible for them.
From 12-year-old student: 'I never thought I'd like opera, but I can't wait to see the next one.' From 11-year-old girl: 'That was about the coolest thing I've ever seen.' Because of the availability of this program to free dress rehearsals, Austin Opera has succeeded in raising up a new generation of opera lovers.
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