Each year the Student Matinee program attracts over one thousand middle and high school students to a Madison Opera performance. Since its inception, thousands of Wisconsin teenagers have been exposed to their first opera through this accessible and affordable experience.
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To receive Student Matinee e-mails and mailings, contact the Madison Opera office at (608) 238-8085 or info@madisonopera.org.
Student and Teacher Reactions:
“Our students would NEVER have the opportunity to see something like this where we live. They always look forward to the opera and many students have raised their grades significantly just to be able to go!”
-Nekoosa High School choirs, Nekoosa
“My students look forward to the opera every year!”
-Seymour High School choirs, Seymour
“The quality was incredible!”
-Student attendee
“The sets were beautiful and I enjoyed the way the supertitles were shown.”
-Student attendee
“I learned what it was like not only to see an opera, but also the work that goes on behind the scenes.”
-Student attendee
"Once again, Madison Opera has done a sparkling job of bringing our young people and the world of opera together. As we headed home, many students wanted to sign up for next year."
-Badger High School music and band classes, Lake Geneva
"What a wonderful way to expose students to the fine arts! One of the first questions they ask in the fall is, 'Are we going to the opera this year!'"
-Mt. Horeb High School music classes
