A Guide to Opera
Opera Philadelphia is happy to make its Sounds of Learning student workbooks, A Family Guide to Opera, available for download in .pdf format. Click on the opera title below to download the workbook*.
For more information on Sounds of Learning, visit the information page, or email education@operaphila.org. Note that you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program, to view and print these files.
WARNING: Archived Dress Rehearsal Student Guides contain sensitive content, including gendered language, sexual violence, coded language, and offensive cultural depictions. Have questions? Reach out to the Community Initiatives team at education@operaphila.org
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Barber's Antony and Cleopatra
Beethoven's Fidelio
Bellini's Norma
Benjamin's Written on Skin
Bizet's Carmen
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Britten's The Rape of Lucretia
DiChiera and Uzan's Cyrano
Donizetti's The Elixir of Love
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Golijov's Ainadamar
Gounod's Romeo and Juliet
Higdon's Cold Mountain
Morrison's Oscar
Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio
Mozart's Don Giovanni
Mozart's The Magic Flute
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges
Puccini's La bohème
Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Puccini's Tosca
Puccini's Turandot
Puts' Silent Night
Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges
Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Rossini's Cinderella
Rossini's Tancredi
Roumain's We Shall Not Be Moved
Verdi's Don Carlo
Verdi's Falstaff
Verdi's Nabucco
Verdi's La traviata
Verdi's Requiem
* Libretti may not be available in the workbook due to copyright reprint restrictions. For free online libretti and translations, visit www.opera-guide.ch.