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{{Short description|Youth opera group}}
'''Opera for the Young''' is a professional, touring [[opera]] company based in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].  Founded in 1970, it brings professional opera programs to elementary schools throughout the Midwest during its spring and fall tours.  With nearly 200 performances, reaching approximately 70,000 children annually, Opera for the Young can be counted among the largest opera outreach programs in the nation.
Opera for the Young’s repertoire include [[age appropriate]] adaptations of [[Grétry (disambiguation)|Gretry's]] ''Beauty and the Beast'', [[Massenet]]'s ''[[Cendrillon|Cinderella]]'', [[Mozart]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute]]'', [[Rossini]]'s ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'', [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Humperdinck]]'s ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'', [[Donizetti]]'s ''[[The Elixir of Love]]'', [[Arthur Sullivan|Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', and ''[[Orpheus Returns: The Case of the Underworld Zoo]]'' with music from [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]], [[Gluck]], and [[Monteverdi]].
==External links==
*[http://www.operafortheyoung.org/ Opera for the Young website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/operafortheyoungMadison Opera for the Young Youtube Page]
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