Opera Baltimore’s "What is Opera? A Team!" presentation is an interactive, engaging program, facilitated by an experienced real-life opera performer! 

Participants learn about the imagination and teamwork that creates an opera – people who work together to tell a story all at once – like a blockbuster movie, but with no second takes! They learn about the courage and creativity it sometimes takes to tell stories.  

Through energetic narrative and a projected presentation, particpants discover that opera is the ultimate mash up: 

MUSIC + WORDS + ACTING + DANCE + VISUAL ART! 

Participants learn what opera is and take a look behind the curtain at opera productions: learning about the scenic, costume, and lighting components of opera. They also hear about different voice types (soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone) and how opera singers train their voices to make them louder, stronger and faster – just like an athlete.

Participants learn about a groundbreaking Baltimore opera singer that stood up for what was right, soprano Anne Wiggins Brown, and hear her signature song. Throughout the show, the opera-singing presenter performs selections of operatic classics – but they always need help to perform the songs! Partcipants join our artist onstage to become a part of the 'opera team' right then and there. The message is clear: 

WHATEVER YOU LOVE TO DO, FIND YOUR TEAM… 
AND DO IT TOGETHER!