Free, open to public

Arizona Opera will present a one-hour version of Donizetti’s comic opera “The Elixir of Love” specially tailored to children at 10:15 a.m. Friday at the Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.

The performance is free and open to the public.

It is part of Arizona Opera Week, a collaboration with the opera company, Tucson Unified School District, the Fox and the Tucson Children’s Museum.

During this week, Arizona Opera’s School tour program has also staged “The Elixir” at Maxwell Middle School, 2802 W. Anklam Road; Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School, 1436 N. Campbell Ave.; St. Ambrose Catholic School, 300 S. Tucson Blvd.; and Wakefield Middle School, 101 W. 44th St.

The activities end Sunday with Opera in the Box at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. at the Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. Sixth Ave. Kids will create their own opera scenes under the tutelage of an Arizona Opera teaching artist.

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