Dear Opera by Children, Just a thank you for the wonderful years of operas you helped me with. My students created amazing librettos and memories that will last them a lifetime! My core tests were always higher in language arts the years that my classes produced operas. My classes love to write now that they…
Month: April 2014
Curtain Speech for OBC and performance tips for the teacher.
Teacher or Administrator Portion of Curtain Speech: (Clearly state the company name and program name as highlighted below) Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre General Director, Michael Ballam, had the vision that children, given the power to create their own operas, would become creative innovators and leaders in society. Opera by Childrenwas developed in 1997…
The Libretto Dilemma —tools for creating an opera libretto! ~ Pamela Gee
The Three Libretto Tools; Action, Song and Recitative are not new! But here follows a brief reminder of what they are and how they are used. Examples of each tool are included: 1- Action sentences are written in parenthesis! Action sentences focus on the how—what is happening the audience sees which performers ACT out. Example:(The…
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