What a day! The SF Opera Guild was a special guest in our classroom today! Through the Opera Guid's program, Sing a Story, students learned the Italian Opera version of Cinderella, or La Cenerentola (cheh-neh-REN-toh-lah).
After hearing the story, students were chosen to play different roles and got to act out the opera to a beautiful soundtrack!
We learned that the opera version is different from the classic story of Cinderella because the composer, Gioachino Rossini, wanted to tell the story without any magic. He wanted it to seem real and focus on the human aspect of the story.
The students had so much fun playing each of the characters! We had evil step sisters, court jesters, and even heralds!
We had some pretty good dance moves too!
What fun! We hope to see the SF Opera Guild back again soon!
It looks like so much fun!!!
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