“…We presented results from a pilot study of impact of a workshop event featuring excerpts from two operas on complicated grief (Eleanor Roosevelt) and serious mental illness, hospitalization and recovery (Elyn Saks), with post discussion with Saks and others. To our knowledge, it is one of the first evaluations of the impact on mental health-related opera events, though there are studies of plays, musical theater and other media (Estroff et al, 2004 ; Fancourt & Finn, 2020 ; Heenan, 2006 ; Lenette et al, 2016 ; Mango et al, 2019 ; McLean et al, 2011 ; Ørjasæter et al, 2017 ; Torrissen, 2015 ; Warren, 2016 ). The workshop was held within a medical center with a diverse audience, more than half non-white, including health care providers and community members.…”