Opera Funtime

Activity Books for Elementary School Children
Published and Distributed by YPO

Opera Funtime Books

Aida (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
La Bohème (Puccini)
Carmen (Bizet)
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Cristoforo Colombo (Franchetti)
Faust (Gounod)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Madame Butterfly (Puccini)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Otello (Verdi)
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Tosca (Puccini)
La Traviata (Verdi)
Turandot (Puccini)

Not Pictured:

The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)

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A typical Opera Funtime has short biographies of the composer and librettist, an introduction to the opera's main characters, a plot summary, information about the music, a craft activity related to the opera, an act-it-out scene from the opera, and many games and puzzles to reinforce the information given. Here's a page from Così fan tutte:

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