Access Opera Lessons Library
Austin Opera’s ACCESS OPERA Units are a great way to introduce opera into your secondary classrooms! Regardless of your students’ music skills or knowledge of opera, ACCESS OPERA Units will enrich your classroom.
Austin Opera’s ACCESS OPERA Units include a multi-media PowerPoint with accompanying PDF Lesson materials.
This page is a library of past Austin Opera productions.
ACCESS OPERA PowerPoints include:
- Animated Listening Maps
- Background Pages (in English and Spanish)
- Notated Themes with audio
- Interactive real-time assessment questions
- Links to Live Performances
ACCESS OPERA PDF Lesson materials include:
- Story Synopsis
- Background info in English and Spanish
- Wall Posters
- Notated Themes
- Performance Activity Pages
- Audience Etiquette Guide
- Composer Portrait
- Vocabulary
THE PEARL FISHERS
SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Access Opera: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street PDF Lesson Materials
THE (R)EVOLUTION STEVE JOBS
Access Opera: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs PDF Lesson Materials
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
RIGOLETTO
Access Opera: Rigoletto PDF Lesson Materials
Access Opera: Rigoletto PowerPoint
Redemption code: Rigoletto19
SILENT NIGHT
Access Opera: Silent Night PowerPoint with Animated Listening Map
Redemption code: SilentNight2019
LA BOHÈME
Access Opera: La bohème PDF Lesson Materials
Access Opera: La bohème PowerPoint
Redemption code: Boheme2019
CARMEN
Access Opera: Carmen PDF Lesson Materials
Access Opera: Carmen PowerPoint
Redemption code: Carmen2017
Intro to Opera
Visit the INTRO TO OPERA page to find introductory activities and information about opera, including (the three internal section titles we decided earlier)