Children and Youngsters in Opera

Selections from opera, zarzuela, and musical theatre in the voices of children and youngsters of The Opera Atelier MOZ-Art Program, plus a preview of

the new opera "Frau Haydn in Trouble" with Jorge Arcila and Patricia Arcadi.

View a video about the MOZ-Art Program at this link.

Frau Haydn in Trouble is a fictional comic opera loosely based on the life of Mrs. Haydn, against the backdrop of the classist society of Imperial Vienna, and in contrast to her husband’s fame. The structure of the title carries a reference to highbrow works such as Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis and the like. In my mind, it also carries a reference to Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti. References or not, by centering on the much-maligned Frau Haydn, in a humorous vein, the opera will bring to the fore the indignities and horror stories that made up the lives of the members of the…