Amahl and the Night Visitors will also be performed at Plymouth Church in Seattle:
--7:30 pm Friday, January 7th, and
--11:00 am Sunday, January 9th
http://pcucc.squarespace.com/events-calendar/2010/12/3/amahl-and-the-night-visitors-jan-7-9.html
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Opera in Fourth Grade
Every year I make sure my fourth-graders have some contact with opera. Last year the whole school saw Menotti's The Telephone. This year that won't happen, so fourth-graders have been hearing arias from Amahl and the Night Visitors (also by Menotti).
One reason I use Amahl is that each year at this time, multiple community groups perform it. One group is beginning its run tomorrow:
www.leavenworthsummertheater.org/Amahl-and-the-night-visitors
And Twelfth Night Productions does it every year. This year's production will be January 7 and 8 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle:
http://www.twelfthnightproductions.org/
Another reason I've chosen Amahl is that it's in English and it lasts about an hour, so it's a very "accessible" opera. Your fourth-grader might enjoy seeing it, especially as s/he has been exposed to some of the music. Try asking her or him about the difference between "aria" and "recitative"!
One reason I use Amahl is that each year at this time, multiple community groups perform it. One group is beginning its run tomorrow:
www.leavenworthsummertheater.org/Amahl-and-the-night-visitors
And Twelfth Night Productions does it every year. This year's production will be January 7 and 8 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle:
http://www.twelfthnightproductions.org/
As I find other performances, I will post them here.
Another reason I've chosen Amahl is that it's in English and it lasts about an hour, so it's a very "accessible" opera. Your fourth-grader might enjoy seeing it, especially as s/he has been exposed to some of the music. Try asking her or him about the difference between "aria" and "recitative"!
N.B.--The "Night Visitors" are the "Three Kings" or "Wise Men" of the Christmas story. The Kings tell Amahl and his mother that they are following a star to find and give gifts to a child who will be a special kind of king. The child is not named in the opera. The generosity of Amahl and his mother results in a miraculous healing.
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