Sarasota Opera - Youth Opera

Sarasota Youth Opera is a national model for opera education, and the only program in the United States that presents an annual fully staged Youth Opera production with professional orchestra, sets, and costumes, where our young singers are given a chance to shine.

Through our year-round training, singers develop their voices, musicianship, acting skills, and appreciation of opera as they build their confidence within a support and collaborative community.

Our Spring semester focuses on selections of operatic and classical music to be performed in formal concerts in the community. Singers are placed in either Mixed Chorus or Preparatory Chorus according to their age and ability which provides a setting for them to participate and progress at their own level as they gain greater skills and experience.