Do opera singers have to be large?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Entertainment Group LLC

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What do you think of when you think of an opera singer? Most people think of a large lady in a hat with horns! But on today's episode you'll learn opera singers come in all shapes and sizes. Now, we know some kids might think of opera as long, loud and boring, but our resident Opera Superfan will make your kid see that opera is actually... cool! More opera resources: PBS and the Metropolitan Opera for Kids https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/metropolitan-opera-shakespeare/ This extraordinary resource from the NYC Metropolitan Opera and PBS makes six operas available to stream for free, along with guides to the characters, plot, and educational resources and discussion materials. Honestly, we're digging this one for adults too! Music Explorers http://musicalexplorers.savannahmusicfestival.org/category/season4/s4-unit2/ Free online curriculum from Savannah Music Festival to help kids dive deep into exploring opera. Minnesota Opera Free Curriculum https://mnopera.org/learn/for-teachers/lesson-plans/ Another truly incredible free resource, the Minnesota Opera has created in-depth lesson plans for dozens of operas, along with making the scores available for free. And check out www.WhoSmarted.com for additional learning and exercises about opera and dozens of other topics! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Who Smart It. We're trying to reach as many families as we can with our free
0:04.6	podcast and curriculum. And really, nothing is more helpful than new telling people you
0:08.7	know to check us out. So please do. And if you can, leave us a great review on Apple Podcast.
0:13.5	And if you're not already signed up to our email list, sign up today at www.WhoSmartit.com
0:19.8	and get your free curriculum and home activity guide for every single episode.
0:24.2	Shout out to SmartyPants, Jenny and Jeff, and thanks for sending us your awesome dreams
0:28.4	to us. Like, follow and comment on Facebook at facebook.com, backslash who's smarted. And
0:34.1	you might get your own shout out. Now it's time to sing and shout as you learn about opera.
0:50.8	Stop again, young lady, I have a question. Why do you want to sing? Oh, that's easy to become famous.
0:58.6	No, basta, basta. Opera is not about fame. Opera is about passion, truth, beauty, love.
1:09.6	Fam is too gross. Excuse me. When you sing Bella, where does it come from? On my mouth.
1:22.8	No, my throat. No, my brain. No, no, no. To truly sing opera, it cannot come from the head
1:31.5	or the mouth or the brain. Maybe a little brain. But it must come from the heart.
1:39.5	And the guts. The guts. The guts. Gross. But I don't understand. Here, I show you.
1:49.4	I stand back. And this will get loud. Wow, that was amazing. That was a gutsy.
2:19.4	Excuse me. Yes, are you my next student? Not exactly. But I am curious about opera.
2:25.8	Salute. Bless you. I was wondering if you could help answer a few questions. Such as.
2:30.8	Why are operas written in crazy languages? And can you really break a wine glass just by singing a high note?
2:39.2	No, that is how you say urban legend. Ah, but what about the other stuff?
2:45.2	That I can help you with. Great. You can tell me right after we play the theme music.
2:49.5	theme music. We have a music right to hear. Again. Yes, Maestra.
2:54.9	Me, me, me, me, me, me. Thanks, but I've got this. It's time for another whiff of science on.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Atomic Entertainment Group LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Atomic Entertainment Group LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.