These are just a few highlights from this year's array of programs. The elementary school children are restless, but attentive. A Ssshhhhed silence. Hands fly up throughout the auditorium. When a fat lady screams.
Opera is a play that is sung to music.
And you'll notice that our opera singers are not fat. The children all clap loudly. Those are good. But there's a special word we use in opera when you really, really like the opera. The kids obviously know something about opera.