ACTIVITY BOOK OPERA GLOSSARY Draw lines to connect each word with its correct definition.

Overture The lowest-pitched voice type

The text of an opera or staged musical Aria drama, comprising all spoken words and stage directions

A group of performers singing together Composer with multiple voices per part

Libretto The person who directs the orchestra

An instrumental piece that occurs before Soprano an opera’s first act and serves as an introduction to an opera

The person who writes all of the opera’s Bass music, including the sung melodies and the music played by the orchestra

Chorus The highest-pitched voice type

A self-contained piece for solo voice, Conductor typically with orchestral accompaniment

The Met was founded in 1883 and was originally located in City at 39th

FUN Street and . It’s current home is in FACT .

39th Street and Broadway Lincoln Center INSTRUMENT FAMILIES The orchestra pit is full of different instruments, but all of them fall into one of four musical families. Circle the string instruments, draw a triangle over the woodwind instruments, put a square around the brass instruments, and mark all of the percussion instruments with an x.

The Met presents nearly 225 performances of 25 operas or so every season,

FUN including new productions and revivals of favorite past stagings. FACT WORD SEARCH Can you find the following terms hidden in the word search below? Look carefully, the words could be printed horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or even backwards.

Opera Orchestra Tenor Trio Music Chorus Aria Stage Composer Soprano Duet Costumes

M U S I C M M T S E

A T O H O P E R E T

C N P I M G N G E R

O R R H P V A U R I

S O A C O T D S N O

T O N B S A I R A P

U M O T E N O R U E

M A A L R K F C O R

E O R C H E S T R A

S U R O H C I S U N

The Met auditorium has six levels and can hold about 4,000 people. Each year, as many as 800,000 people FUN FACT attend performances at the Met.

The Met Auditorium WORD SCRAMBLE Unscramble the opera-related words below. Then, use the circled letters to spell out a special message.

NCUTRODOC ______

TELROTBI ______

SASB ______

DDIONWSWO ______

CANISIMU ______

YNEERSC ______

RTEORVEU ______

MPKUAE ______

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Each season, more than 300 singers, 175 chorus members, and

FUN 100 orchestra members perform in Met productions. FACT THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC When the House opened in Lincoln Center in 1966, Russian-French painter created two beautiful, 36-foot-tall murals for the building’s lobby. Here is one of them, The Triumph of Music . Color it in and create your own version of this work of art! L A N D G S E R N E T A E H L

M E R A T R P E O P O L I T A N O WEEK ONE: HANSEL AND GRETEL

MAZE After leaving home, Hansel and Gretel are lost in the enchanted forest. Help them find their way to safety through the maze below.

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The Brothers Grimm, who published a collection of fairy tales that included “Hansel and Gretel” in 1812, FUN END FACT first heard the story from a friend of their younger sister. SWEET TREAT This week, you can cook along with a special guest star, who'll teach you how to prepare a surprise treat! Gather the ingredients and equipment below if you want to join him—and remember to only work in the kitchen with an adult present.

INGREDIENTS NOTES 1 cup / 200 grams butter (2 sticks) 1 ¹/³ cups / 160 grams powdered sugar, plus extra for dusting 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt A jar of your favorite flavor/color of jam

EQUIPMENT A mixing bowl A measuring cup Measuring spoons A drinking glass, approximately 2 inches / 5 cm in diameter A butter knife A baking sheet Parchment paper or nonstick cooking spray

Almost all the food onstage in Hansel and Gretel is edible, including about a dozen platters of cookies and cakes, bags of cocoa powder FUN FACT and flour, and even some strawberry milk in the final scene.