Students wrote the music, script, designed and built the sets and made the costumes for the opera. While most third-graders study reading and writing, Kyle Miller's third grade class at Devonshire Alternative Elementary is working on operas and arias.
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The performance is a result of the New York Metropolitan Opera's Creating Original Opera educational program, which Miller learned about while student teaching in the Buckeye Valley Local School District. He received eight days of training in Boston before he brought the program to Devonshire last year. No one ever expects what they see. There are 10 jobs that the students applied for and auditioned for, Miller said. They have promoted the show, designed and built the sets and lighting, in addition to making costumes, wrting the script and lyrics and composing the music.