What is Opera?

DIANA JACKLIN LOVES TO SHARE HER What is Opera? outreach program WITH HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN!

It was so great to have Diana Jacklin again this year! When the students who heard her last year found out that she was coming again this year, they begged for the chance to see her again.
— 2nd Grade Teacher

Engage opera singer DIANA JACKLIN to perform What is Opera? at an elementary school that you care about!

DIANA JACKLIN is an opera singer, song recitalist and voice teacher who performs and teaches AROUND THE WORLD. As much as she loves to sing big dramatic arias on opera stages and as much as she loves singing song recitals in beautiful recital halls, SHE LOVES, MOST OF ALL, TO EXPOSE CHILDREN TO OPERA!

Soprano DIANA JACKLIN has performed her one-woman show What is Opera? to thousands of delighted school children. Through her unique opera outreach program, she brings most of the characters of Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel to life, as she sings all the different roles herself.

 

DIANA JACKLIN TEACHES THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT GOING TO THE OPERA:

HOW TO GREET A GREAT OPERA SINGER!

DIANA JACKLIN kindles the imaginations of children and inspires them to love music!

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Don't miss this special opportunity to bring DIANA JACKLIN, a Real, Live Opera Singer, to an elementary school that you care about!

YOU CAN DO THIS!

Diana is so gifted with teaching children! It is clear that she loves what she is doing. The students just loved it!
— 4th Grade Teacher

YOU CAN DO THIS FOR CHILDREN YOU CARE ABOUT!

Find out how to bring DIANA JACKLIN to a school that you care about! Click the link below:

IF YOU ARE A MUSIC EDUCATOR, PARENT, AN INDIVIDUAL OR PART OF AN ORGANIZATION INTERESTED IN BRINGING CULTURE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, DON'T MISS THIS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OPERA SINGER DIANA JACKLIN TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU CARE ABOUT.

We are so fortunate to have an artist like Diana Jacklin come to our school to perform to our kids!
— Principal

ASK YOUR MUSIC TEACHER, YOUR PARENT ORGANIZATION, or anyone else you can think of, to bring Opera Singer DIANA JACKLIN to your school!

 

 

After every performance, there is a Q&A time for children to ask whatever they want.

Questions kids are asking:

How long did it take you to get your voice to ride on the air like that?
— 6 year old
How famous are you?
— 8 year old
Are you the loudest opera singer on the entire earth?
— 8 year old
 

 

FAN MAIL from the kids who saw WHAT IS OPERA?:

 
Dear Ms. Jacklin,
I like your loud voice. Maybe your the greatest opera singer in the world. Maybe you can come to our school. I hope you can because our school is great! I hope you can come on a trip some day.

Your fan, Cody
— 8 year old
 
Thank you for singing for us, and we hope that you get to sing in the Sydney Opera House. We really enjoyed it. We hope you will sing to us again.
— Shelby and S. Lily
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
— Plato
 

 

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