Muse Machine is the only nonprofit organization in the country that partners with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for the Met’s HD Live in School program. Through this program, Muse Machine members and their advisors can experience a pre-opera workshop at Muse Machine and then attend livestream of a Met Opera performance at a local Miami Valley movie theater. Alternatively, teachers may schedule a pre-opera workshop at their school during the week prior to the opera. From transportation to snacks to ticket, this program is entirely FREE to Muse members and schools.
Any size group of students is welcome to attend this event with an advisor or chaperone. High School students may attend independent of advisor.
The Workshops
On the morning of the opera, advisors and students join their peers from other Muse schools to participate in an interactive workshop at Muse Machine at their own school or at the Muse Studio. These workshops make the elements of opera and theater accessible and compelling and give students and teachers the opportunity to socialize in a community of Muse Members.
“I felt very well-informed and welcome,” one first-time middle school workshop attendee wrote about her experience.
The Broadcasts
Students receive free tickets to attend the live broadcast of the opera they explored in the workshop, performed live by the Metropolitan Opera, at the Hollywood Stadium 20 cinema at Fairfield Commons. Students liked that the broadcast showed the opera singers “up close” and that the filming including behind-the-scenes footage that “showed how they set up the stage.” Middle school Muse members called their first Live HD in Schools opera experience “beautiful and inspiring” and “amazingly awesome.” One wrote “I liked this so much! You should try it!”
Madama Butterfly
• Performed/livestreamed by the Metropolitan Opera at the Hollywood Stadium 20 cinema at Fairfield Commons on Nov 9, 2019
• Recommended for ages 13 and up
• Estimated running time: 3:12
• Drop date: Oct 15, 2019
Puccini’s tragedy follows the love between an American naval officer living in Japan and the doomed geisha his friend has supplied him. The great Plácido Domingo makes his role debut as Sharpless in Anthony Minghella’s sweeping production, a perennial audience favorite. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. A free student workshop and free bus transportation are also available!
The Magic Flute
• Performed/streamed by the Metropolitan Opera at the Hollywood Stadium 20 cinema at Fairfield Commons on Dec 7, 2019
• Recommended for ages 10 and up
• Estimated running time: 1:55
• Drop date: Nov 5, 2019
Join the prince Tamino on his quest to save the princess Pamina. His journey will bring him into contact with a host of unforgettable characters and creatures. Over the course of his adventures, the prince must solve strange riddles and learn that there can be no heroism without the help of true friends. Performed in an abridged English-language version and featuring a cast of larger-than-life puppets. A free student workshop and free bus transportation are also available!
Porgy and Bess
• Performed/streamed by the Metropolitan Opera at the Hollywood Stadium 20 cinema at Fairfield Commons on Feb 1, 2020
• Recommended for ages 13 and up; contains drug use and domestic violence
• Estimated running time: 3:15
• Drop date: Jan 7, 2020
An English-language opera written by George Gershwin, one of America’s leading purveyors of popular song and featuring an entirely African American cast, Porgy and Bess offered audiences in the 1930s a completely new idea of what opera could be. The opera’s beating heart is the romance between Porgy, a kind, disabled beggar, and Bess, a beautiful, strong-willed woman determined to break free from addiction and abuse to find true happiness. Sung in English. A free student workshop and free bus transportation are also available!
