Operanauts Gift Registry
Operanauts have created a Gift Registry to support the musicians in the Chamber Opera program facing critical challenges: no nighttime electricity, expenses for music scores/stands, and safe transport. Your donation aids their practice, overcoming hurdles, ensuring a vibrant program. Help now!
Healing trauma and inspiring growth in Congo through opera
Operanauts use opera music as a tool to help communities that are traumatized by violence and poverty across Congo, to heal and grow through empathy and community building.
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Our mission
The effects of violence and poverty continue to devastate and traumatize entire societies across Congo. Operanauts is dedicated to helping young people heal from this trauma and inspire future growth in their communities. Music has the power to transform us and provide the hope that vulnerable people need to thrive.
Our programs
Opera Music Festival
We are currently raising funds to organize the first annual Opera Music Festival in Kinshasa, Congo, to take place in 2022.
Opera Fellows
Our Opera Fellows benefit from a year long program to develop their skills, leadership and teaching abilities to create future opportunities.
Opera-Making
Our productions build community spirit in Kinshasa by hiring local musicians and providing a new experience for many audience members.
Our programs
Opera Music Festival
We are currently raising funds to organize the first annual Opera Music Festival in Kinshasa, Congo, to take place in 2022.
Opera Fellows
Our Opera Fellows benefit from a year long program to develop their skills, leadership and teaching abilities to create future opportunities.
Opera-Making
Our productions build community spirit in Kinshasa by hiring local musicians and providing a new experience for many audience members.
Operanauts Fete for Young Musicians in Kinshasa
Operanauts hosted a screening of a one act opera for young musicians and choir members in Kinshasa. The video montage by Joslin Lebela documents the highlights. The purpose of the event was to inspire and provide the opportunity for youth to make music for each other, to see the opera stream together, and bring in the New Year with a music celebration of hope. The event was a music meeting place, a space of community and togetherness for young musicians during these difficult times of scarcity and isolation.
Our story
Founded in 2013, Operanauts is a US-based charity that works to promote positive social change in Kinshasa, Congo, through opera-related initiatives.
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