Tosca
Christopher Purdy from WOSU presents Tosca, the last opera in the Summer Opera on Film Series. Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It was first performed in Rome in 1900. The work is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800 and is based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 play, La Tosca.

Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the German libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. It was first performed in 1791 in Vienna, Austria, with Mozart conducting the orchestra.
The Magic Flute has delighted audiences of all ages for centuries.

For children ages 3 ½ to 6 and their caregivers. Children and caregivers will learn pre-reading skills through stories, songs and rhymes to help prepare them for their Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in Literature Test (KRAL). Kindergarteners will continue to strengthen their skills. Skills include answering questions, repeating sentences, rhyming words and identifying sounds and letters.

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Lauri L. Wolf is not your average single, working parent. She’s also a parent who has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for many years. MS interrupted her quest for higher academic and professional levels of achievement as a clinical pharmacist and forced her to adjust to a dramatically altered lifestyle. Along the way, she has raised three well-adjusted teenagers and developed a new career as a writer. Lauri recently published a book called “The B.S.