Opera Especially for Kids

Well, yesterday Open Window kindergartners through fourth-graders saw an abridged version of the opera Hansel and Gretel. From the overture to the curtain call, and through the question-and-answer session afterwards, they were a well-mannered and attentive audience. I was very proud of them! And they really enjoyed the show. They knew most of the arias and duets, they knew why opera is sung so loudly, and they knew what was going to happen--although we were a little disappointed that NOISE, who have to carry their sets from one school to another, didn't have an exploding oven. If ever you and your OWS student are in New York City in December, you can go to the production that The Metropolitan Opera puts on every year, complete with angels, sandman, dew fairy, gingerbread children, and exploding oven!