Arts Event Discovery Packet Pittsburgh

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Synopsis: Students research, plan, and prepare for a Alcoa Foundation trip to Pittsburgh Opera’s student matinee Allegheny Regional Asset District performance of Puccini’s La bohème. American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Bayer Bobby Rahal Motorcar Company Pennsylvania Academic Content Standards BRIDGES & Company, Inc. Embedded in this Arts Discovery Event: Frick Fund of the Buhl Foundation

Buncher Family Foundation ed “Father of the Italian Poster.” He helped • Arts and Humanities – 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 Anne L. & George H. Clapp Charitable Trust form grandiose while advertising equally music. Dominion Foundation Eat’n Park Hospitality Group • Career Education and Work – 13.1, 13.2, 13.4 Eaton Corporation Eden Hall Foundation • Civics and Government – 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Equitable Resources Foundation Fidelity Investments • Economics – 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 The Grable Foundation The Guilds of Pittsburgh Opera • Environment and Ecology – 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 The Henry E. Haller, Jr. Foundation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica • Family and Consumer Sciences – 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, Martha Mack Lewis Foundation The flamboyant created“Puccini La Boheme” was by German Art Nouveau master 11.4 National Endowment for the Arts Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

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10.3, 10.4, 10.5 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Libretto by PPG Industries, Inc. • History – 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 Reed Smith LLP Welcome to Pittsburgh Opera’s The Techs • Mathematics – 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 Triangle Tech UPMC Health System Arts Event Discovery Packet US Steel Corporation • Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening – 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 For more information on for La bohème!

• Science and Technology – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, Pittsburgh Opera's education 3.7, 3.8 programs, please contact: Activities and lesson suggestions inside are designed to supplement an excursion to the opera. Attending a student Marilyn Michalka Egan, Ph.D. • World Languages – 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5 Director of Education matinee can be a rich artistic experience—full of meaningful ♦ [email protected] connections between real-life learning and academic skills. 412-281-0912 ext 242

Kristin Gatch Process Skills Used or Taught: Manager of Education Programs The contents of this packet are designed to address all [email protected] Pennsylvania Academic Standards, to enhance existing 412-281-0912 ext 227 Analyzing Evaluating Presenting curricula, to create a real-life environment for learning, and Brainstorming Identifying Prioritizing Linda Giebel to provide engaging opportunities for active involvement in Comparing Investigating Producing Education Programs Associate [email protected] learning—before, during, and after the event. Conferring Leading Reading 412-281-0912 ext 229 Creating Listening Reflecting Defining Managing time Reporting Pittsburgh Opera Look through the packet to discover strategies that apply to Designing Observing Researching 2425 Liberty Avenue your classroom. Enjoy your trip and your discoveries about Estimating Planning Pittsburgh, PA 15222 the opera! www.pittsburghopera.org Thinking Through the Opera Pennsylvania Academic Page La bohème Arts Event Discovery Packet Standards Addressed Number Activity Table of Contents (continued) I'm the Stage Director 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 19 Before the Opera Pennsylvania Academic Page Standards Addressed Number Singing the Part 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 13.1, 13.2 20 Safety First! 3.7, 10.1, 10.3, 13.1 1 Special Voices, Special Roles 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 21

Trip Logistics 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 6.1, 6.5, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2 2 TB or not TB? 10.1, 10,2, 10.3, 10.4 22

Be Ready for Anything 10.1, 10.3, 11.2 3 Would you rather be a or a lorette? 8.1, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 10.3, 10.4, 13.1, 13.2 23

Coming from Everywhere 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 4 Deciding weather Puccini-style 1.1, 3.4, 3.5, 8.1, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2 24

Artistic License 1.1, 1.8, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.4 25 Tour the Latin Quarter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 8.4 5 The Rent Connection 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 8.3, 9.1, 26 What Does a Production Cost? 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 6.2, 6.3, 11.1 6 9.2, 9.3

Garrets, Lofts, and Landlords 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8, 6.3, 6.5, 11.2, 11.4, 13.1 27 Get with the Program 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.8 7 Properly Placing Props 2.9, 9.1, 13.1, 10.3 28

Costume Design 1.8, 3.2, 3.6, 8.4,13.1 29 What's the Difference? 1.8, 5.1, 5.3, 6.4, 6.5, 9.1 8 (Business Sense for the Arts) Costume Trends for Bohemians 1.2, 1.8, 8.1, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 13.1 30

Rapping Rodolfo: Updated Arias 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 9.1, 9.3 31 Meanwhile, Right Here at Home… 1.8, 5.1, 5.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1 9 Convince Me! 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 What Not to Wear: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.2 32 10 Fashion Advice for Every Occasion! Reflecting on the Opera Pennsylvania Academic Page What's on Schaunard's Parrot Playlist? 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 11 Standards Addressed Number

Rodolfo’s POWER-PAPER-POINT 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 12.5 12 Embroider a Correspondence 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 9.1 33

Be a Critic 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 34

Creating the Real Café Momus 1.2, 1.8, 2.5, 5.2, 6.5, 11.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13 13.3 You be the Critic 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 35

Scenes from Scènes 6.1, 6.4, 7.3, 8.1, 8.4, 9.2, 11.2 14 How Much are the Tickets? 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7 36

Thinking Through the Opera Pennsylvania Academic Page Standards Addressed Number Charts, Charts, Charts 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 37

Start Your Own Opera-Related Business! 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 13.1, 39 Uncovering the Plot Before it Burns! 1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 3.4 15 13.4 Tracing the Quartet’s Love Lives 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 9.1 40 You're the Author—Change the Ending 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 9.4 16

Buon appetito! 1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2 41 Write Yourself a Murger Poem 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4 17 All Pennsylvania Academic Standards 42 Casting Call! 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8 18