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Opera for the Young!



Opera for the Young is coming to Whittier to perform their brand new original opera "Super Storm" with us this February! Several students have wanted to look at the music on their own and listen to the recordings in order to prepare. Here are the links below. Students in K-2nd will be working on "Let's March" and "And now we're down to three".  3rd-5th will be working on "Might does not make Right" and "Our story's brief...". The opera chorus (3rd-5th) rehearsing during lunch will be working on all the songs and the acting parts of the story.

Student practice tracks

Student handbook

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