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Students explore the ways in which the worlds of popular music and opera can work together to complement the other. They work in small groups to analyze plot, characters, setting and themes of a popular opera using a summary of that opera as a guide. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create a story map to explore the theme of Rigoletto and discuss comedy and tragedy. They explore the musical interpretations of the opera and the story line, and how those two things work together. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the lyrical and dramatic structure of opera through Internet sources and audio examples, cooperatively discuss elements of opera stories vs. their own lives and create one-act opera based on their own life experiences. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students analyze the characters and relationships in an opera. They explore physical movement in the opera by acting out a scene. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore how to determine whether the various artists are singing soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, or bass and watch African Americans sing opera. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students experiment with design and technical elements such as symbol, color and character appropriate to the style of make-up used in Beijing Opera. They create a face, which represents the personality of a person in the opera. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss the recent success of the "Phantom of the Opera". They practice using new vocabulary associated with the musical. In groups, they work together to match the word with its definition. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore similarities and differences in opera and American musical theater. They explore the characteristics of both genres and create original dramatic presentations of either opera or American musical theater to share with the entire class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the elements of an opera. In groups, they use the internet to research an opera of their choice and analyze it given specific criteria. After analyzing the music, they create a PowerPoint presentation to share their thoughts with the class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students, with this opera exchange, increase their knowledge of the opera process. They use opera as a vehicle to better comprehend the relationship music has with all arts and other disciplines across the curriculum. Full Review »
