Welcome

Welcome to Once Upon An Opera!  Our mission is to ignite a life-long passion for classical music in kids of all ages.

We create and produce original children's operas as well as provide children's choruses for opera productions around Los Angeles.  

Recordings of our original operas have been played on radio stations worldwide and are available for purchase on CDBaby.com, iTunes, Amazon and most other online music stores.

 

Sleeping Beauty

The classic tale of a beautiful princess who was cursed as a baby by an evil fairy and the handsome prince who saved her (with the help of her fairy godmother and a whole army of fairies!)

 

 

Three Piggy Opera

After having their houses blown down they are up to their chinny-chin-chins in insurance claims, living with their mom and can't take it anymore!  They hire a lawyer and the court battle commences!

 

What is Once Upon An Opera?

What a good question!  Our mission is to ignite a passion for classical music in kids of all ages!

 I have 5 beautiful and talented daughters as well as several others of their beautiful and talented friends that I claim as mine too.  These operas have all been written for them.  I write these operas to create opportunities for kids to learn about and appreciate classical music but also to learn important lessons about life, whether its about bullying, telling the truth, not making assumptions or a  whole host of other topics we as parents sometimes have a hard time addressing.  I have found the kids to be receptive to the idea of acting out these stories and their resolutions as a means to starting conversations and I invite you to try it with your kids as well.

The Kid Who Cried Wolf

 

 

Finally the little-known truth about Bo-Peep really lost her sheep and how she ultimately got them back!

 

Red Riding Hood

(aka Secret of the Ninja)

 

Lies, intrigues... Ninjas?!?  Find out the real story behind the trip to Grannie's house!  We all have a lot more in common than we think.