Performances

Hear the lush, velvety voice of Grace Bumbry singing arias from French and Italian operas.

Prokofiev's opera with designs by Maurice Sendak is brought to life by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Two Ravel operas get a magic touch with creative production design by Maurice Sendak. 

Learn about the age-old art form, the characters, the music, and the endless hours of military-school discipline endured to bring these to life.

Opera in One Act by Gian Carlo Menotti.  Sung in English, tailored for children, about 45 min.—a perfect intro to opera.

Enchanting live opera production has joyous, cartoon-like sets, colorful imaginative costumes. 

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.

Joyful classics, abridged for the classroom. A great intro to opera & ballet for kids!

These joyful productions, abridged for the classroom, capture a child's imagination and are a perfect introduction to classical music.

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.

Every child who has read a Sendak book will recognize these costumes and sets as his. The Glyndebourne Opera Festival has taken full advantage of his talent in these 4 operas.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Composer Oliver Knussen with artist & author Maurice Sendak produce 2 fantasy operas of Sendaks children's books. 

Two Fantasy Operas created from Sendak's books are composed and conducted by Oliver Knussen with production design by Maurice Sendak himself. 

Created for TV, this production stars William Conrad, Clive Revill, and was directed by Rodney Greenberg.