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Eleanor Wilson

The Humperdincks

Dear Friends and Family,

I am taking on the ultimate opera challenge: listening to all 15 hours of Wagner's Ring Cycle! This event raises money for Little Opera, an after-school program I'm a part of where we get to make our own opera from scratch (it takes the whole school year!).

All of your donations will help us bring in guest artists (for extra bonus classes like dance and design), and go towards making our costumes and props.

Thanks in advance for your support!

About this fundraiser:

This Listen-A-Thon is the first ever student-led fundraiser for Little Opera's after-school program. Led by student advisory board members Solveig and Danah, students are raising money for Little Opera costume building days, set/prop days, and guest artists.

What's Little Opera?
At Little Opera, we make opera with kids. Our students work together for over 130 hours over the course of 9 months to write a story, craft a libretto, compose melodies, rehearse, and perform a 10-20 minute show. The result? A micro opera that is 100% built from their own imaginations.

What's a Listen-A-Thon?
It’s a lot like a school read-a-thon, but instead of reading for a certain number of minutes, our students will be listening to (or watching) as much of Wagner’s 15-hour epic Ring Cycle as they can.

What’s The Ring Cycle?
Pretty much the most epic opera ever written — a cycle of 4 operas written in German by composer Richard Wagner. It took him twenty-six years to write, and totals 15 hours long.