Opera Explorers

🥂 Experience OTSL’s Landmark 50th Season 🎶 Get Your Tickets Now

Introduce your children to the magic of opera this summer!

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is excited to offer several different summer camps in conjunction with our 50th anniversary season. All camps will include the opportunity to attend a live performance. Campers do not need any prior experience with opera in order to participate. Sign up today!

Contact our Education Department with any questions

Event information

June 2 – 6:
Opera Explorers at the St. Louis Public Library, Schlafly

June 23 – 27:
Opera Explorers at Manchester United Methodist Church

June 23 – 27:
Make a Scene at the St. Louis Public Library

224238_ln9UIivm0ubRfNXd4i8b_xSkkA9dif4XDYOUUDDKEv8

Opera Explorers at the St. Louis Public Library
June 2 – 6

Schlafly Branch, 225 N Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108
Ages: 9 – 12
9:30am – 12:30pm, daily

Free registration

Hosted by the St. Louis Public Library, students ages 9-12 will explore the basics of stagecraft, including singing, writing, composing, costuming, stage makeup, and set design. Campers will use their new skills to create and stage their own original opera. After the camp, students, parents, and guardians will have the opportunity to attend an Opera Theatre mainstage performance of J. Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus.

Opera Explorers at Manchester United Methodist Church
June 23 – 27

Manchester United Methodist Church, 129 Woods Mill Rd., Manchester, MO 63011
Grades: 2 – 8
9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m., daily

$155

Hosted by Manchester United Methodist Church, students in grades 2-8 will explore the basics of stagecraft, including singing, writing, composing, costuming, stage makeup, and set design. Campers will use their new skills to create and stage their own original opera. After the camp, students, parents, and guardians will have the opportunity to attend an Opera Theatre mainstage performance of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

469041799_989152176586872_7898228411826343458_n

Make a Scene at the St. Louis Public Library
June 23 – 27

Carpenter Branch, 3309 S Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63118
Ages: 12 – 15
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., daily

Free registration

Hosted by the St. Louis Public Library, students ages 12 – 15 will have the opportunity to sing, act, and dance scenes from musical theater and opera repertoire and meet guest artists from the industry. After the camp, students will have the opportunity to attend an Opera Theatre mainstage performance of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.