YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

Providing Connecticut based singers a bridge between the academic and professional worlds, CLO's Young Artist Program was created to give talented up-and-coming performers the chance to participate in mainstage productions (Eugene Onegin and La Traviata) in supporting or covering roles, as well as being showcased in their own production (The Impresario ), making their training and involvement an integral part of the OPERAtunities program itself.

This year, students and recent graduates from UCONN, Yale and Hartt Schools of Music as well as Connecticut College will participate in the Young Artist Program.

OPERA FACT

2007/2008 10 Most Performed Operas:

1. La Bohème (Puccini)
2. Tosca (Puccini)
3. La Traviata (Verdi) 4. The Marriage  of Figaro (Mozart)
5. Carmen (Bizet)
6. Don Giovanni (Mozart)
7. The Elixir of Love (Donezetti)
8. The Magic Flute (Mozart)
9. Aida (Verdi)
10. Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

Source: Opera America