Shoestring Opera is introducing children to wonderful music and a high art form in a way that is accessible, fun and educational. For me it is all the magic. - Pat McCarthy, Educational Resource Consultant, Prologue to the Performing Arts

SHOESTRING OPERA: The joy of storytelling and the joy of music!

An ideal introduction for children to the world of opera
Short musical plays based on some of the plotlines of familiar operas
Featuring all the best music
New and engaging narratives that are accessible, relevant, and a great deal of fun
Current, plain English and a stretch of the imagination
Performances of the highest calibre - soprano, baritone, cello and piano
Glorious music, madcap humour and great storytelling
Irresistible to all ages!

SHOESTRING OPERA Performs:

In schools and theatres throughout Ontario
National Arts Centre, twice to sold out audiences
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre, Toronto, regularly sells out twice a year
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Toronto Music Garden
The River Run Centre, Guelph
Children’s Stage, Lakefield
Cambridge Centre for the Arts

In 2011 - 2012 you can catch The Shoestring Magic Flute, based on Mozart’s famous opera, in both English and a bi-lingual (French-English) version throughout Ontario.
Dates at Toronto’s Solar Stage Theatre include Dec 4, 2011 and March 24, 2012.

All bookings are made through:
Prologue to the Performing Arts
55 Mill Street, The Case Goods Building #74, Suite 201
Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4
Tel: 416-591-9092
Toll free: 1-888-591-9092
Email: info@prologue.org
Email: info@shoestringopera.com
Website: www.prologue.org

THE SHOWS

THE SHOESTRING MAGIC FLUTE
Based on Mozart’s famous opera, The Shoestring Magic Flute tells the story of Allegra, who is lost in a dark forest on her way home from school. Enter Papageno, a feathered birdcatcher pursued by a Dragon – and the fun, adventure and glorious singing begins! JK to Grade 8.

BOZO’S FORTUNE
Bozo's Fortune is a wickedly funny fable based on Puccini’s comic opera Gianni Schicchi. Uncle Bozo has died and left his fortune to stray cats. The greedy relatives who have been counting on a windfall are devastated. They make use of a trickster, Johnny Schicchi, to try to overturn the will. Grade 6 to 12.

HANSEL & GRETEL
Coming soon: a magical transformation of the old fairy tale and Humperdinck's tuneful opera into an up-to-date musical play full of surprises and bewitching music. Two resourceful kids outwit a very wicked witch.
JK to Grade 8.