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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX
does anyone have any suggestions for operas to start kids off with?
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
The Mikado (or any Gilbert & Sullivan, really) - it's really an Operetta, but it's still that direction...
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My first opera/operetta was
Pirates of Penzance, when I was about 8 or 9. Loved it.
My suggestions are usually performed at Christmas, one for obvious reasons. I think
Amahl and the Night Visitors is a great first opera for kids. I took my son when he was in first grade, and I hope to take my first grade daughter this year. It's in English, it's one act and the lead is a child. Plus, it's a great Christmas story, complete with the 3 kings.
Hansel and Gretel is another good one for kids -- I got a "highlights" recording of it for my 6th birthday (I had a "come dressed as your favorite story-book character" party and I was Hansel and had a gingerbread house cake), and I played it into the ground. Got one for my kids a few years back.
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