We had a fantastic day! On Friday 6th October, a team of three energetic workshop leaders from Opera North spent the day working with a group of 26 young people from St Wilfrid’s. The aim of the workshop was to teach our students about opera, and in particular, Rigoletto. Most of our young participants had very little understanding of opera, and of the singers who produce these huge voices.
One such voice belongs to Mark Evans who is a baritone and sang with us and for us during the day. He was accompanied by Sarah Tipple, director and Dominic Harlan, repetiteur. The workshop not only introduced us to the plot of Rigoletto, but also to the excitement of being onstage and singing with a large chorus.
We played games, we sang, and we staged scenes from Rigoletto. Then on Monday 9th October, we went to see the opera, Rigoletto, at the newly refurbished Leeds Grand Theatre, with students, their parents and staff. It was much more exciting to sit in the audience and watch the opera that we had worked on. Sally Eldridge Oct 2006
One such voice belongs to Mark Evans who is a baritone and sang with us and for us during the day. He was accompanied by Sarah Tipple, director and Dominic Harlan, repetiteur. The workshop not only introduced us to the plot of Rigoletto, but also to the excitement of being onstage and singing with a large chorus.
We played games, we sang, and we staged scenes from Rigoletto. Then on Monday 9th October, we went to see the opera, Rigoletto, at the newly refurbished Leeds Grand Theatre, with students, their parents and staff. It was much more exciting to sit in the audience and watch the opera that we had worked on. Sally Eldridge Oct 2006
