ADULT PROGRAMS
San Diego Opera's extensive Outreach and Education effort offers a wide variety of ways for adults to explore opera and to learn more about this season's productions. Some fees may apply to certain activities, but most are free …and fascinating!
Online at SDOpera.com
Get to know our 2012 International Season with podcasts! These 15 to 20 minute 'conversations' can be enjoyed by opera fans as well as those who are new to the art form. Informal yet informative, this is a great way to prepare to come see the operas during our season.
Everything you wanted to know about opera – or darn close to it – is available for your surfing pleasure at San Diego Opera's online Operapædia.
We’ve gathered a wealth of information about each opera – from cast bios to the synopsis to music clips – that you can find on the individual opera pages. Simply click on the "Operas" link above, then click on an opera name to reach that page.
Live and Interactive
Community Conversations are free, exciting and thought-provoking collaborations at well-known institutions around town. Discussing the powerful themes in all four operas this season, all conversations feature Dr. Nicolas Reveles, San Diego Opera’s Geisel Director of Education and Outreach and other varied and exciting speakers.
Meet the stars of the operas at the Stars in the Salon (formerly Artists’ Roundtable) – lively and insightful conversations about what it takes to make world-class opera.
Join San Diego’s prominent musical scholars for Opera Insight Series in several different locations throughout San Diego County for fascinating, in-depth presentations about each of our four opera productions.
Ticketed audience members gather in the theatre one hour prior to each performance for the San Diego Union-Tribune sponsored Pre-Opera Lectures to hear quick and exhilarating overviews of the operas.
Go behind the scenes on a Backstage Tour and see what it takes to bring opera to life.
On Television
Learn about the history and stories of each opera, on our award winning Television program OperaTalk!with Nick Reveles.
Take a sneak peek behind the scenes to see how the designers and stars bring opera to life on Opera Spotlight, Winner of a 2007 Telly Award as well as a 2007 and 2002 Aurora Award and the 1998 OPERA America Campaign Success Award.
On the Radio
Listen to live recordings of San Diego Opera’s 2013 International Season on KPBS Radio 89.5FM beginning on January 26, 2013. Hear your favorite singers and relive the excitement of being in the theatre and experiencing some of the greatest music ever written! Click here for schedule and information