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Lesson includes:
- Lesson plan about Opera, its origins and history
- 27 slide PDF slideshow with information about the history of opera, several famous operas with a synopsis and link to watch a famous aria from the opera, and the history of operatic architecture (opera houses)
- Opera and musical vocabulary
- A sample from some of the most famous operas and their most well known arias. The operas included are:
- “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini
- “Carmen” by Bizet
- “Il Trittico” by Puccini
- “La Bohème” by Puccini
- “The Magic Flute” by Mozart
- “Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo
- “The Pirates of Penzance” by Gilbert and Sullivan
- “Rigoletto” by Verdi
- “Turandot” by Puccini
- These 1 – 2 page opera sample sheets include:
- The opera’s composer and the date it was written
- A short synopsis of the opera
- Digital links to YouTube videos of the opera
- English or English translation of the aria’s libretto (lyrics)
- Images of the opera and/or the opera’s playbill/poster
- A one page history of the operatic song “O Sole Mio” by Mazzuchi that includes and English translation of the words and links to YouTube videos of the song as well as other versions of the song by Tony Martin and Elvis Presley
- Lesson about Operatic Architecture / Opera Houses
- Opera house vocabulary
- Opera house websites with image galleries
- Opera house art activities and links to printable coloring pages
- 48 printable opera house cards with several corresponding activities. Opera house cards include:
- A picture of the opera house
- Opera house name and location
- The architect
- When it was built
- Printable Worksheets:
- Opera history worksheet
- Write a sonnet worksheet
- Opera Word Search
- Opera Playbill worksheet
- Opera house research questions worksheet
- Activities
- Listening Activities
- Musical Activities
- Writing / language arts activities
- Visual Art activities
- Dance activities
- History / social studies activities
- Activities for Younger Children
- Visual Art Activities
- Writing & Drama / theater activities
- Dance Activities
- History / social studies Activities
- Ideas for Art Nights
- Over 20 full pages images from operas and of several opera houses
- Answer key Included
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- 73 pages