OperaDelaware

The 2022-2023 season saw a return to pre-pandemic attendance levels. This season, Operadelaware enriched the lives of nearly 20,000 people through performing or presenting over 90 operatic performances, lectures, events, and youth education sessions throughout Delaware and the mid- atlantic region. The 2022-2023 season attracted over 1,100 first-time patrons, as well as over 500 patrons from outside a 30-mile radius of wilmington. In addition, our riverfront studios served as home to many Delaware arts organizations for office, rehearsal, performance, and event space.

Operadelaware's education and outreach programs reached underserved community centers and schools through a multi-pronged approach that provides students with instruction, training, presentations and performance opportunities. The curriculum, repertoire and rehearsal time are closely tailored to the specific needs of each student body. The 2022-2023 season saw a resumption of pre-pandemic level participation, generating over 5,000 student interactions. Programs include the neighborhood choir program, an after-school program geared towards young audiences that introduces children to the power and beauty of the unamplified human voice, while teaching important lessons about reading, writing, and music; and the warner arts alliance, a year-round program that integrates the arts into the curriculum as a way to reach a variety of learning styles.