When Reid first received the commission from the Opera Guild 18 months ago, he thought about basing his opera on an Appalachian folk tale.

It was started as a publication for the 300 members of the Canadian Opera Guild.

The preserves, made for the Opera Guild by Clearbrook Farms, are $13.95 for a 24-ounce jar.

In 1937, she opened a studio in Montreal and in 1942 she founded the Opera Guild of Montreal.

The Opera Guild spent $1.6 million on education last year, most of it in several hundred public schools, especially in the city.

From 1944 until his death in 1960 Cooper conducted for Pauline Donalda's Opera Guild of Montreal.

Paul Gruber, executive director of program development for the Opera Guild, had been looking at student art to use on the CD's cover for several months.

A complete set, recorded live with piano accompaniment, was made by the Comic Opera Guild of Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2004.

The Opera Guild of Dayton is a volunteer support organization.