“I liked your opera. The only time I don’t like opera is when my Grandma is doing it. She’s horrible.. But I think your opera is cool.” – Spencer, 10 year old
OperAdventures!
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For over twenty years, children’s operas written by Denise Page Caraher have been performed all over the country by opera companies, colleges and universities.
For the first time, they are now available online, for companies to review and acquire for performance. Enjoy exploring these OperAdventures and don't hesitate to Contact Us with any questions. |
Shows are written for a flexible quartet
of four singers: soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone, with piano accompaniment and are adaptable to different voicing. Music is from "classic" operas and operettas by Mozart, Gilbert & Sullivan, Bizet & More. (Quartet format is flexible, see more in the 'Scripts' section.) The set and costuming requirements are simple and easily transportable, ideal for school shows! |
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Just Arrived!
The Kingdom of ROLOC NEW! NEW! NEW! THE NEW NORMAL (Take a look) Rumpelstiltskin: Ultimate Bully Carmenella Jack and the Beanstalk Jackie and the Giant Bully Figatroll and the Three Billy Goats Gruff Pinocchio The Ugly Duckling The Emperor’s New Clothes Hansel and Gretel The Three Not So Little Pigs Little Red Walking Hood Fumbelina Johnny Appleseed v. Paul Bunyan: Battle for the Future Inn of the Seven Dwarves The Scarlet Letter The Snow Child Operamania: The Light in the Lobby Operamania II: The Word War |
Who has performed OperAdventures:
Indianapolis Opera Fort Worth Opera Opera Memphis Nashville Opera Toledo Opera Seagle Music Colony (NY) University of North Carolina-Greensboro University of California-Santa Cruz University of Central Florida Ball State University Caldwell University Corpus Christi Shenandoah University Kilgore College Union University Pennsylvania State University Northern Michigan University Texas Tech University Texas A&M Corpus Christi University Gainesville High School The Opera School in Melbourne, Australia OperAdventures
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Hundreds of elementary students sit in the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon, Michigan, in April 2014, to watch the Indianapolis Opera Ensemble perform "Inn of the Seven Dwarves."
