Youth and Schools

Explore Opera with Your Students This Year!

Opera is for everyone! We invite you to engage in this colorful multi-art form. Whether bringing students to the theater, teaching artists to your school, or teachers to a workshop, BLO’s Education Programs are designed for all levels, learning styles, and backgrounds. It is essential that our programs not only provide dynamic learning opportunities for students and educators alike, but also meet the needs of schools to help develop young people as engaged, successful citizens. Contact us to begin the conversation.

School Partnerships

Boston Lyric Opera’s School Partnerships are are designed and customized for all levels, learning styles, and backgrounds specific to the needs of each school classroom. Founded on the 25 year old arts-integrated opera curriculum, Music! Words! Opera!, the partnerships support both teachers and students in the teaching and learning of opera through arts integration in the K-12 classroom…more »

Professional Development

Based in the Music! Words! Opera! national curriculum, dive deep into how to facilitate the opera creation process with your students, and learn new tools and techniques that support your existing teaching practice…more »

Creative Youth Development

BLO Education works with VOICES Boston to bring additional education and training opportunities to their youth participants. These opportunities are specifically designed to meet the needs of VOICES youth and support each organization’s mission…more »

Opera 101

Introduce your students to opera as a story-telling art through our Artist Classroom Visit: Opera 101, an interactive performance available for grades 2-12. Learn how we bring the story of an opera to life through music, acting, and movement…more »

2023-2024 Teaching Artists

Julia Whitten

Resident Teaching Artist

Laura Nevitt

Resident Teaching Artist

Lydia Jane Graeff

Master Teaching Artist

Joel Esher

Master Teaching Artist

Teaching Artist Roster

Patricia Au, music, composition

Kalee Burrows, drama, composition

Kylie Fletcher, drama

Sofia Galloway, drama

Andrea Gaudette, music, composition

Dan H. Jentzen, lighting design

Zaray Rossi, music

Vera Savage, music