The teachers have learned quite a bit too. It's important to emphasize certain things with a young audience. It's not like at home where you can talk over the television. We have to be very quiet so we can hear everything. The children today seem very well-behaved.
Opera can be very funny.
The lights go down and these elementary school kids are getting perhaps their first taste of live opera. The Operatic Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle , with 15 participating Los Angeles County elementary schools. Over 11,250 children saw these performances of Les Moose . In preparation for the performances, approximately 70 students at each school worked with L.A. Opera artists and staff including music director Daniel Bridston, stage director Courtney Selan, and percussionist Richard Fultineer over the course of five weeks. Douglas Cumming and Joel Berlin designed sets and costumes, respectively.