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Teacher's Guide
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Teacher's
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Teacher's Guide and CD combination
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CD/Teacher's
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To purchase the individual Teacher’s Guide separately, please call 1 800-757 8372 in the USA or Canada. |
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- For use
with The World’s Very Best
Opera for Kids CD
- 14 best-loved
arias in English featuring some of the world’s finest opera
stars and rising stars
- Featuring
works from some of the most popular – and most important
– operas across a wide range of genres, eras and composers,
including:
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The Magic Flute –
W.A. Mozart * Rigoletto
– G. Verdi *
* Carmen – G.
Bizet * La Bohème
– G. Puccini *
* Die Walküre
– R. Wagner * Xerxes
– G.F. Handel *
* The Barber of Seville
– G. Rossini *
* The Marriage of Figaro
– W.A. Mozart *
* Madame Butterfly
– G. Puccini *
* Tales of Hoffman
– J. Offenbach *
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- Includes
complete lyrics, composer biographies, an introduction to each
of the featured operas, suggested lesson plans, individual and
group activities and assessment and evaluation summaries
- Moves children
from passive listeners to active participants in the creative
arts, enhancing literacy, critical thinking skills and building
a strong platform for learning within all subject areas
- Based on
the National Standards for Arts Education
- Recommended
for Grades 2 – 8
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World’s Very Best Opera for Kids
Teacher’s Guide was developed in consultation with world leaders
in opera and education, including award-winning performers, opera
companies, classical music radio stations, and state and provincial
departments of education.
Written
by Avery MacLean. Ms. MacLean is an active music teacher, coach,
adjudicator and performer. Her background includes studies in early
music with leading scholars and musicians at McGill University,
Montreal (B.Mus.), in Holland (Cert., The Hague Royal Conservatory
of Music) and in Sweden. With a master’s degree in Music Criticism
from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ms. MacLean is a popular instructor
of music appreciation and writes for several publications. Ms. MacLean
lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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