Verdi for Kids: His Life and Music with 21 Activities
To Arona Continue to be the admirable person you are today May you always be successful and joyful in all that you are and
Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it Italy Robert Browning English poet
FOREWORD M VERY HAPPY that you've chosen to pick up •this book about the life of the renowned opera composer Giuseppe Verdi In today’s 21st century world opera often takes a backseat to other types of music In fact classical music in general is rarely the option that many peo ple especially young people choose to listen to But oh What those people are missing Opera is full of drama and emotion intrigue and action It's an art form that combines live singing of the most spectacular kind with vivid acting and the playing of great music all in one place and at one time One of the most important things about opera that many kids don't realize we singers do it all with out microphones We study and train for years to be able to sing beautifully not shout over the playing of orchestras that sometimes number over a hundred pieces Impressive no Speaking of impressive Giuseppe Verdi was one of the best of all the opera composers His operas he composed about 28 of them have been performed
