Melanie Everard, was an opera-skeptic. “I was much more than a skeptic, I disliked opera intensely.” A surprising sentiment from a music teacher, and it made her an unlikely candidate to participate ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - The Michigan Opera Theatre closes out its performances of "Carmina Burana" this weekend. Among the hundreds of cast members are a group of youngsters ages 10 to 16. As WWJ's Marie ...

Kids all around Southern California swarmed to camps this summer — computer camp, science camp, acting camp. Then there's Opera Camp, a two-week immersion in all things opera run by the LA Opera. In ...

WHY IT’S COOL: Opera is a dazzling spectacle, but between language issues and sheer length, it can be a daunting experience for newbies. Enter the San Francisco Opera and a certain love potion. The ...

IRVINE — Opera Pacific’s seventh annual Opera Camp is well under way and, as usual, many participants are from Irvine. This year’s production is “Christopher Columbus,” which uses music by Jacques ...

Before taking kids to an opera, Google the opera and give them the general story line so they know what is going to take place, and watch a few segments online, suggests Karen Flayhart, Opera Omaha's ...

On its face, "Brundibar," the children's opera adapted by Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner, is a simple, charming tale about standing up to bullies and overcoming adversity, with a little help from ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: It's got more drama than a soap opera, more weird costumes than a Lady Gaga ...