Education

What exactly is opera?
Opera Zuid is the place to find out. For a first touch, at Opera Zuid you fall head over heels into opera! Opera is an art form in which all forms come together. Singing, music, theatre, visual arts. Opera Zuid would like your pupils to experience this total experience. This can be done in our home theatre or in a real theatre! At Opera Zuid we offer various activities for both primary and secondary schools.

Any questions?
Do you have questions or are you looking for a customised education project? Are you curious about further possibilities? We would be happy to help you! Contact Lobke Houkes of our education department. Send an e-mail to educatie@operazuid.nl

Primary Education

Look (and listen) behind the scenes at Opera Zuid

Just roll out the red carpet and get the champagne ready, the opera audience of the future is coming to take a look

Always wondered how an opera is made? How many people work together to create such a gigantic spectacle? At Opera Zuid you can take a look behind the scenes. We take you to the costume workshop, the technology room and we watch a part of the rehearsal in our home theatre. Instead of getting to know the people who are on stage, you will also learn who is working behind the scenes. Besides singers, directors and musicians, who else do you need to make an opera? Open your ears wide and listen to all the sounds of our opera house.

Target group: Primary education, program adapted to target group Duration: 1 – 2 hours

Duration: 1 – 2 hours

Costs: from 5,50 euro per pupil

Number of pupils: +/- 20 pupils per visit

Location: Opera Zuid

Youth opera

Opera Zuid produces youth operas aimed at primary education. The performances can be viewed in various theaters in the Netherlands or in our studio in Maastricht. Prior to the visit we offer preparatory lessons for the classroom.

Costs performance visit: depending on the theatres

Costs preparation lesson: from 5,50 euro per pupil

Location: Theatre

A visit to the youth opera is possible in combination with a preparatory lesson visit

This season: ‘Een Lied voor de Maan’. Click here for more information.

Preparatory teaching material: https://www.operaballet.nl/lesmateriaal-een-lied-voor-de-maan

Opera in the classroom

Opera Zuid will visit you at school, in the classroom!

Together with the students we discover the ins and outs of the opera during a workshop. Focused on music, image or theatre.

Costs: vanaf 5,50 euro per leerling

Duration: 1 – 1,5 uur

Number of pupils: 1 class per workshop

Location: At school

The exact content of the workshop will be discussed with the school

Secondary Education

The arts of the opera

The theatre is the place where the entire opera comes together during the creative process. During our editing weeks, we would therefore like to welcome you behind the scenes.

Music, drama, set and costume design, lighting. All these artistic expressions together tell the story in opera; each opera has its own theme. Pupils experience this during a look behind the scenes and rehearsal visit to the opera when all these disciplines come together in the theatre. This introduction to opera consists of several modules, such as a meeting with the director, a soloist, conductor or musician, a visit to the workshops and an introduction to technology.

Target group: CKV/Music class – VMBO/HAVO/VWO

Duration: 1 – 2 hours

Costs: from 6,50 euro per pupil

Location: Theatre

This project is a collaboration between philharmonie zuidnederland and Opera Zuid

Opera in the classroom

Opera Zuid will visit you at school.

Together with the students we discover the ins and outs of the opera during a workshop. Focused on music, image or theatre. This can be done as a dependent workshop, or as a preparatory lesson for an opera visit.

Costs: 150 – 200 euro per lesson

Duration: 1 – 2 class hours

Number of pupils: 1 class per lesson

Location: At school

The exact content of the workshop will be discussed with the school and depends on level, year and subject.

Visiting Opera Zuid

During the rehearsals in our house theater you will visit us for a rehearsal visit and tour. Opera Zuid offers you a look behind the scenes! Which people all participate in an opera? What does our costume studio and workshop look like? Visit our studio and discover it all!

Costs: 6,50 euro per pupil

Duration: 1 – 2 hours

Number of pupils: maximum 25 pupils

Location: Opera Zuid

The guided tour and the rehearsal visit can be combined with a workshop

General Education

Tour and rehearsal visit

We also offer guided tours and rehearsal visits for private individuals. This can be booked in combination or separately. At Opera Zuid you get a look at a real opera rehearsal. Behind the scenes you can see how the set and costumes are made.

We end the day with coffee and cake.

Costs: 15 euro per participant

Duration: 1 – 1,5 uur

Number of participants: maximum 20

Location: Opera Zuid

Customized education

Do you have any questions or are you looking for a tailor-made education project? Are you curious about further possibilities? We are happy to help you! Please contact Lobke Houkes from our education department. Send an e-mail to educatie@operazuid.nl.