Get ready for our The Elixir of Love Digital Scavenger Hunts!

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How it works

San Diego Opera's The Elixir of Love Digital Scavenger Hunts will take place online on Monday, February 10, and Friday, February 14, 2014. At 10 am PT we will post the first clue on our Facebook Page which will lead to the next clue and so on until participants find a codeword and an e-Mail address to send it to. We will start with an easy scavenger hunt on Monday where the first two participants to finish will each win a poster of The Elixir of Love by R. Black.

On Friday we will have our final The Elixir of Love Digital Scavenger Hunt which is going to be more challenging. The first person to finish this one receives one of our 2014 season t-Shirts with all four opera art works on it.

Check out last year's Daughter of the Regiment Digital Scavenger Hunts to get an idea of how our scavenger hunts work.


The prizes

On Monday the first two participants who send in the right codeword will get a poster of R. Black's The Elixir of Love. Friday's winner will receive a San Diego Opera Season T-Shirt.


San Diego Opera 2014 Season t-Shirt and R. Black's The Elixir of Love poster


The dates
 
Mon, February 10, 2014 10 am PT
First Elixir of Love Scavenger Hunt #MondayProcrastinator

Fri, February 14, 2014    10 am PT
Ultimate Elixir of Love Scavenger Hunt #FridayBrainTeaser


The rules

The San Diego Opera Digital Scavenger Hunt is open to those who are at least eighteen years of age or older. No purchase necessary. Employees of San Diego Opera as well as immediate family (spouses, domestic partners, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of such employees are not eligible. One winner per household, per opera.


Any questions?

Leave us a comment and we will get right back to you or send an e-Mail to Carmen Kruse at San Diego Opera (ckruse@sdopera.com). Good luck!






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