TT1819 Cultural Catalogue

PRIMARY-SPECIFIC OFFERS
Royal Opera House
Project Name
Create and Sing: Carmen
About the Project
The Royal Opera House (ROH) project Create and Sing:
Carmen is a dramatic singing project that has been
piloted in previous years with primary schools in
Thurrock. It aims to inspire teachers and young people to
sing, engage with and enjoy opera, and to raise the
standard of singing in the school.
Furthermore, the project seeks to provide primary
schools with a new route into singing through
engagement in operatic repertoire (Carmen) and by
linking singing to drama and character.
Teachers will be provided with CPD training, a scheme of
work, weekly films and in-depth digital learning resources
to support and build their confidence in the delivery of
dramatic singing in the classroom. This programme has
been designed for teachers with or without previous
experience of singing.
Introduce your class to the story of Carmen, learn songs
from the opera, and stage a scene. Over 10 lessons, your
students will be honorary members of the Royal Opera
House’s Youth Opera Company and will create and sing
their own version of the opera. Join presenter Ed Petrie
as he explores the Royal Opera House, meets a host of
singers, actors and directors and introduces the world of
opera.
Along the way, meet the three main characters who
feature in this version of Carmen and learn the plot of the
opera by focussing on six main plot points. Once you
have learnt most of the notes with your students, you can
then think about how to use the musical repertoire to tell
the story in a dramatic way.
At the end of this programme, your students will perform
their own version of Carmen which will include specially
arranged extracts from the opera and they will have
learnt the basics of dramatic singing technique and
performing to an audience.
Suitability
KS2. This project is flexible and can work with a class or a
whole year group.
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