Before taking kids to an opera, Google the opera and give them the general story line so they know what is going to take place, and watch a few segments online, suggests Karen Flayhart, Opera Omaha's ...

Melanie Everard, was an opera-skeptic. “I was much more than a skeptic, I disliked opera intensely.” A surprising sentiment from a music teacher, and it made her an unlikely candidate to participate ...

IRVINE — Opera Pacific’s seventh annual Opera Camp is well under way and, as usual, many participants are from Irvine. This year’s production is “Christopher Columbus,” which uses music by Jacques ...

Opera for kids has moved into the 21st century. “We wanted something more up to date and current than fairy tales,” said Lawrence Edelson, Opera Saratoga’s artistic and general director, about the ...

At Kids Opera Boot Camp, the three-hour session includes education about the building blocks of opera, creative activities and a kid-friendly opera performance. Karen Almond The Dallas Opera believes ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

On its face, "Brundibar," the children's opera adapted by Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner, is a simple, charming tale about standing up to bullies and overcoming adversity, with a little help from ...

Kids all around Southern California swarmed to camps this summer — computer camp, science camp, acting camp. Then there's Opera Camp, a two-week immersion in all things opera run by the LA Opera. In ...

Opera may seem like work for the grand stage. But at the front of a crowded assembly room in Lake Worth imaginatively costumed performers recently presented an epic tale of striving, loss and the ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - The Michigan Opera Theatre closes out its performances of "Carmina Burana" this weekend. Among the hundreds of cast members are a group of youngsters ages 10 to 16. As WWJ's Marie ...