ELIXIR OF LOVE

PLYMOUTH STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS OF OPERA FOR THE YOUNG’S THE ELIXIR OF LOVE Opera for the Young will visit Plymouth, Wisconsin, to present The Elixir of Love at the Plymouth Arts Center on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 6:00 pm. A chorus of students from Parkview Elementary School, under the direction of Deb Sawyer, will join the company’s professional artists on stage, providing a unique and enriching performance experience. In addition to the public performance at the PAC, Opera for the Young will collaborate with all three Plymouth elementary schools to present in-school performances on Thursday and Friday. This residency is made possible through the generous support of the Plymouth Arts Center and a grant from the Garton Family Foundation. The public is invited to attend the evening show offered at the Plymouth Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for Students. Tickets may be purchased at the PAC, 520 E. Mill Street, or online at PlymouthArts.Org. Advance tickets are recommended, as seating is limited to the first 150 guests. About Opera for the Young. Opera for the Young brings live, professional opera to elementary school audiences. All productions are fully staged, sung in English and created especially for children. Students appear onstage in chorus and cameo roles. OFTY audiences become acquainted with the original scores of master composers, set in contexts relevant to kids' 21st century lives: OFTY’s The Elixir of Love is set in America’s Old West. Opera for the Young annually presents 180 performances, reaching 75,000 children every school year throughout Wisconsin, northern Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan and Kentucky. About The Elixir of Love. In the dusty town of Lonesome Gulch, the swaggering Sergeant Corey looms over timid Jimmy Reno as they vie for Miss Addy’s attention, while the sly Dr. Dulcamara rolls in, peddling her so-called magic elixir - nothing but a bottle of root beer! For the Arts Center’s show Parkview students take the stage as the Justice of the Peace, the Soldier, and a chorus of lively townsfolk. With playful melodies and laugh-out-loud comedy, The Elixir of Love whisks students away to America’s Old West, packed with timeless music, mischievous fun, and lessons on growing up and forgiveness. Students throughout the upper Midwest participated in a “Be a Designer” contest to help design Dulcamara’s outfit and her cure-all cart. The Elixir of Love will showcase elements that have come to define Opera for the Young: beautiful, challenging music; engaging, relevant stories; and myriad opportunities for student participation in both design and performance. About OFTY’s professional artists. Every OFTY production features four professional singers and one pianist. Professional cast members are selected after competitive auditions held each spring in Chicago and Madison. All professional roles are triple cast. Recent cast members have performed with such opera companies as Boston Lyric, Central City, Madison Opera, Florentine Opera, Finger Lakes Opera, Cleveland Opera, Union Avenue Opera, and the Grant Park and Chicago Lyric Opera choruses. All are conservatory graduates and active performing artists. Further information about Opera for the Young is available at www.operafortheyoung.org