My First Opera: Hansel and Gretel

The 3rd graders just finished studying their first opera, "Hansel and Gretel." To make studying this opera more exciting, we acted out several of the scenes of the opera while listening to the music. We even learned a few dances to go with it. On the last day, we invited parents and teachers to class to watch a full performance of our opera, complete with cool costumes from our costume closet. The students loved it! Here are some pictures of them in their cool costumes.

Check out this great website for games and lesson plan ideas to use along with your study of the opera: http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/opera/teachers.asp