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Can Opera educate our children?

Since the dawn of time, parents have told their children fairy tales, stories of the past and stories drawn from the imagination, which help children to develop a moral compass, a set of values, an identity and a sense of context and relationships, which enable them to imagine their own futures.

The Opera, presented as tales for children, provides an ideal transition between the end of a stage during which children can dream of imaginary princes and princesses, in a rose-tinted world where Santa Claus and his reindeer live, and the time of disillusionment … [...]

Children act up with Piccolo Opera

Thanks to the BNP Paribas Foundation’s Coup de Pouce (Helping Hand) program, a young boy, 8 years old, has been attending the opera school for two years with diligence and great motivation. He’s a “man” of the theatre: he enjoys playing “Falstaff” by Verdi, who, hidden in a basket of dirty laundry to escape the [...]