Lipscher trust donates $5,000 to Opera program

The Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher Charitable Trust has awarded Opera Western Reserve $5,000 for its Young Artists program. The donation will fund educational outreach to schools in the tri-county area.

In 2020-21, Opera Western Reserve’s Young Artist program reached over 1,600 students in the Mahoning Valley. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Young Artists performed for over 1,500 students. In 2021, it presented three outdoor performances of the children’s opera “The Three Little Pigs.”

This fall, Opera Western Reserve will present “Romeo + Juliet,” an adaptation of the works of Shakespeare and Gounod.

The production combines the music of Gounod with the drama of Shakespeare in a haunting and innovative adaptation. “Romeo + Juliet” will be presented Friday, Nov. 12 in the Stambaugh Auditorium Concert Hall.

Guests will have the option of attending in person or purchasing a Digital Access Pass to watch from home.

Opera Western Reserve is a professional opera company in their 18th year of residence at Stambaugh Auditorium. All productions are completely created in the Mahoning Valley.

OWR features singers from the Western Reserve area, which includes Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

For more information, visit operawesternreserve.org or call 330-480-0693.