Essential Opera announces Musical Greetings, a February Fundraiser.

At this time of year, there are a lot of options for expressing romantic love. We wanted to offer something a little different as well.

From now until the middle of the month you can express however you feel to your dearest friends and closest enemies with a musical greeting.

This fundraiser supports the next stage of development for “In Her Hands” by Fiona Ryan.

$1 from each musical greeting purchase will go toward The Youth Project, making Nova Scotia healthier, happier and safer for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.

Click on the buttons to view the current options and to send a musical greeting! Buy something for yourself or for someone else!

Other ways to donate:

Step-by-step guide

1. Go to our Etsy site essentialopera.etsy.com

2. Click on the listing you want to check out (you will not immediately be purchasing it just by clicking on it).

3. Scroll to where it says “item details” or  “learn more about this item” to read its description.

4. Notice that each listing has two images – the title card and a still from the video (use the arrows to switch between images).

5. Click “add to cart” and follow purchase instructions.

6. You will receive 2 PDFs as soon as you purchase — one PDF will be instructions, the other is a PDF that includes your video musical greeting and that you send to the greeting’s recipient.

7. You, the purchaser, will receive the item and you will send it to the recipient (Essential Opera and Etsy do not directly send to the recipient).

To purchase customization

1. Click on either e-card greeting or video greeting.

2. Fill out the section that says “Add your personalization” (add as much info as you want – and for video greetings please include notes about how to pronounce names).

3. See “more about this item” under “item details”.

4. You will receive an email from Etsy once we have completed your customization.

5. Then you can send that customization plus the previously purchased song to the recipient.