Overview
Discover the thrilling story of opera with Jack, Megan and the time-travelling Trunk. Go with them to Florence, Italy and back to 1597, the beginning of the Baroque era, to meet Professor Peri, the inventor of opera, Perfect Purcell, Too Hot to Handel, and a host of other barmy composers. All is fun and games until Cruel Cromwell arrives to stop the party. Will Jack and Megan find the courage to tackle the Dark Lord Protector and save opera from disappearing forever? Join us on an unforgettable 500-year journey, told like never before. The ABC of Opera tells thrilling children's stories about composers from the past 500 years up to today, by meeting the composers themselves and hearing their stories in a remarkable new series of four magical tales, as never told before. AGES: 7 to 9 AUTHOR: Mark Llewelyn Evans is the founder and creative director of ABC of Opera Productions, which tours UK-wide introducing children to the stories and glories of the opera through music and storytelling. Karl Davies is an exciting new children's books illustrator whose art style has brought the cast of characters the ABC contains vividly to life.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Llewelyn Evans ,
Karl Davies
Publisher: Graffeg Limited
Imprint: Graffeg Limited
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 20.00cm
, Height: 0.50cm
, Length: 25.00cm
ISBN: 9781912213863
ISBN 10: 1912213869
Pages: 68
Publication Date: 11 April 2019
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Key Stage: KS2 Subject area: Expressive Arts, Humanities Key themes: Opera, composers, history of music Based on the UK ABC of Opera workshops, which successfully educate children and stimulate their imagination, while also covering key topics in the school cross curriculum. Within a modern context the children learn thought-provoking morals, touching, tragic, funny and inspirational tales from around the world. The story begins when Jack and Megan are transported to ‘The Academy of Barmy Composers’, where, through meeting Jacopo Peri (the inventor of opera) they encounter composers from over the past 500 years. An Academy full of them, all hoping for someone to find them, and who can tell their stories to the current generation before opera disappears. Jack and Megan must act quickly to prevent the music and its stories being lost forever. This first volume in the series covers the Baroque period (c1550-1730) with those composers who shaped that period, such as: Peri (The inventor of opera), Monteverdi (The Papa di Opera), Lully (The Superindendent of the Royal Music and Music Master of the Royal Family), and Caccini (the first female opera composer). -- Publisher: Graffeg
