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Student Night at the Opera: Intelligence (Norfolk)
January 28 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Student Night @ the Opera is a community program designed to provide students, chaperones, and families with school-aged children affordable access to live opera. We open up our final dress rehearsals to elementary, middle, and high school students to experience an evening at the Harrison Opera House before performances begin for each production. is a community program designed to provide students, chaperones, and families with school-aged children affordable access to live opera. We open up our final dress rehearsals to elementary, middle, and high school students to experience an evening at the Harrison Opera House before performances begin for each production.
Student Night @ the Opera community events are held at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk.
Intelligence
When the smoke clears, only truth is left standing.
Set in Richmond, VA, Intelligence is inspired by a gripping true story of espionage, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom. With the Civil War blazing, Elizabeth Van Lew, a socialite from a prominent Confederate family, is running a secret pro-Union spy network that feeds intelligence to the North. Working alongside her, Mary Jane Bowser, an enslaved woman who becomes a spy, infiltrates the heart of the Confederacy. With dramatic storytelling, a pulse-pounding score, and electrifying movement, Intelligence reveals how two brave women came together, risking everything for freedom.
Conceived by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, Jawole Zollar
Music by Jake Heggie, Libretto by Gene Scheer
Based upon historical facts pertaining to the underground Civil War spy network of Mary Jane Bowser and Elizabeth Van Lew
This Opera was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera
***Listen to the Grammy-nominated recording of Intelligence here!
Sung in English with English captions
Conducted by Adam Turner
Conducted by Brandon Eldredge (Feb. 14 & 15)
Directed by Kyle Lang
Choreography by Christine C. Wyatt
The orchestra for this production is provided by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra
This is an opera in 2 acts with an intermission.
- Subscribe to the full season for just $24 for students and chaperones.
- Individual show tickets are $10 for students and chaperones.
- These community events are intended for students, schools and homeschools as well as community-based groups and organizations. If you have a group that might be interested in attending please reach out to us.
- English surtitles are projected above the stage.
- Most operas are considered PG-13. Feel free to contact us with any specific questions or concerns regarding a particular production.
*Interested in helping underwrite student groups to Virginia Opera? We welcome your support of Student Night @ the Opera tickets.
Questions? Need more information? Want to connect? Call the box office at 866-673-7282.
