Transport your classroom back in time with a lightly staged performance featuring two world-renowned St. Louis opera trailblazers, Grace Bumbry and Robert McFerrin, Sr. Professional singers will bring these ground breaking historical figures to life through storytelling, music, and conversation in a 45-minute in-person program designed for grades 4-12. Lesson plans keyed to state standards are provided. This program is especially well suited in smaller classroom settings. 

Grace Bumbry, the first black singer to appear at the internationally renowned Bayreuth Festival

Robert McFerrin Sr., the first black singer to perform a title role at the Metropolitan Opera

Questions? Contact our Education Department at mfisher@opera-stl.org or (314) 963-4251.