EDUCATION EVENTS

Interested in the show but not sure you want to commit?

Education events are for everyone, novice and expert alike. They’re overviews of our upcoming performances, including excerpts with live performers, interesting information about the origins of the story and the composer, and a question and answer session. Coordinated by the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center’s Education and Humanities Department, education events offer an in-depth look at artists and our upcoming productions.

We hope you’ll take advantage of this great opportunity to learn about, and support, live opera in our community.

Sherrill Milnes presents Master Classes

• Sherrill Milnes: Nov. 21, 2008 and Feb. 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the TECO Theater
• Frederica von Stade: March 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jaeb Theater

In this public class offered by the Patel Conservatory and Opera Tampa, the five Opera Tampa Apprentices will sing for Milnes in November and February and world-renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade in March. Milnes uses these classes to enlighten the audience about Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Gounod’s Faust and Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, masterpieces being produced by Opera Tampa during the 2008-2009 opera season.

Sherrill Milnes presents The opera Prelude Series

Each delightful 60-minute presentation will feature Milnes’ musings and the music of great operas coming to TBPAC in the 2008-2009 Opera Tampa season. The program is produced and directed by Maria Zouves.

• Prelude to The Barber of Seville: Nov. 23, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the TECO Theater
• Prelude to Faust: April 5, 2009 at 2 p.m. in the TECO Theater

Opera Tampa Apprentice Program
Featuring world-class opera stars of tomorrow! See them here first. Directed by Sherrill Milnes and Maria Zouves, the apprentice program features up and coming young singers and emerging international professional artists in Tampa for an intensive residency, studying, performing, teaching and reaching our community through TBPAC's various education programs.