The cast of Cinderella

front: Sarah Norton (Cinderella)
middle l-r: Jessica Vit (Clorinda), Daniel McLaughlin (Alidoro), Wendy Parker (Tisbe)
back l-r: Jonathan Hicks (Ramiro), Stacey Murdock (Don Magnifico), Daniel Collins (Dandini)

not pictured: Tour Manager Sara Busch and Pianist David Jenkins

How can you tap into the benefits of live opera? Attending our 50-minute, English language adaptation of a classic is a magnificent way to experience opera for the first time.

Portland Opera To Go, our touring education and outreach arm, hit the road in January, taking the power of opera and the importance of music to thousands of children in schools throughout Oregon. Their 50-minute, English-language adaptation of Rossini's Cinderella is crisscrossing the state with performances in areas as disparate as Central Point, Irrigon, Dayville, Paisley—really, Oregon A to Z!

Portland Opera’s 50-minute, English language version of Rossini’s brilliantly funny re-telling of Cinderella is sure to delight students and provide a thrilling entrée into the rollicking world of opera. Designed for audiences aged kindergarten through sixth grade (though enjoyed by the kid in all of us), the touring production comes complete with sets, costumes and some of the most exciting young opera singers the Northwest has to offer. Cinderella performances include classroom visits by our teaching artists, along with a curriculum developed specifically for the opera, which meet Oregon benchmarks in literature, the arts and other disciplines. Cinderella is directed by Kristine McIntyre and adapted by Randall Stuart.

Opera Improv offers students the opportunity to learn the elements of opera and help create their own “mini-opera” in a “Choose Your Own Adventure” format. Lively, informative, unexpected—but most of all, fun—this 50-minute, highly interactive assembly is designed to fit seamlessly into any school schedule and space. Conceived and directed by Kristine McIntyre, Opera Improv also includes a curriculum introducing the building blocks of opera.

Public Performances
Public performances are help in the spring at the end of the tour engagements. Please check back later for more information.