Students at Cristo Rey Jesuit were treated to incredible performances this week, as Opera in the Heights visited campus to talk about Opera, and perform Arias from The Magic Flute, La Boheme, and more.  As the Café resounded with the beautiful voices of budding stars in the Opera world, our students were amazed by the emotion the singers conveyed.  Alyssa, a soprano performing in Opera in the Heights' upcoming production of La Boheme, explained how singing can be used to convey feelings that are difficult to express purely with words.  She led an exercise where students wrote secrets down on pieces of paper, and she then sang them to the class.  The Cafe was filled with laughter as she sang lines like "I'm afraid of clowns", and "I lost my sister's cell phone at the store".  Alyssa's performance on Thursday, and Rachel Ross' performance on Wednesday were excellent opportunities to expose our students to the performing arts, and we are thankful to Opera in the Heights' visit to Cristo Rey.

For more information about Opera in the Heights, please visit their website at www.operaintheheights.org.