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Music! Words! Opera! Materials

This three-part set of instructional resource materials, based on the work of master teachers and opera professionals, offers two approaches to learning. Listen and Discover introduces students to the operatic art form and explores how and why specific operas were written. With Create and Produce, students produce their own original opera. Levels I and II each include "What to Listen For" CDs with music excerpts that accompany the lesson plans, a Teacher’s Manual and Student Studybooks. Level III includes a Teacher’s Manual and complete recordings of the play Othello and the opera Otello. To learn more about Music! Words! Opera!, click here.

Level I (Grades K-2)
This course covers: Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute, The Child and the Enchantments. (CDs and Teacher's Guide included)

$64.95

Related Study Guides
Hansel and Gretel Study Guide $2.95 each
The Magic Flute Study Guide $2.95 each
The Child and the Enchantments Study Guide $2.95 each


Level II manual (Grades 3-6)
This course covers: The Barber of Seville, Aida, Madame Butterfly. (CDs and Teacher's Guide included)

$74.95

Related Study Guides
The Barber of Seville Study Guide $2.95 each
Aida Study Guide $2.95 each
Madame Butterfly Study Guide $2.95 each


Level III (Grades 7-12)
This course covers: Otello (stage play), Otello (opera).

$115.95

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