Ravinia Family Fun Guide 2019

20 R A V I N I A FA M I LY F U N G U I D E KIDS CONCERTS Noon Saturday, August Martin Theatre Opera for the Young Super Storm Opera for the Young is a preeminent producer and presenter of opera for children in the United States, and since  the company has introduced more than . million children to opera. Opera for the Young brings live, professional opera to elementary schools with annual fall and spring tours. Students appear onstage in chorus and cameo roles, performing for their peers right alongside OFTY’s professional artists. All productions are fully staged, sung in English, and adapted especially for kids. Super Storm is a lively and engaging original piece that demonstrates to young audiences that not all opera was written once upon a time, long ago— this is a current, exciting art form! Opera for the Young’s original creation will showcase individuality and cooperation. Four very different vocalists discover their unique strengths when caught in a storm of epic proportions. Sixteen students from Reach Teach Play join the professionals onstage to play abandoned cats and dogs hiding out in the same cave during the bad weather. The value of diversity in our society, an educated understanding of responsible care of domestic animals, and extreme weather (including electricity and magnetism!) will provide appealing themes and topics for discussion after the show.