Teachers' Resources 2007-2008
Welcome Teachers!
This site was created to assist you with possible lessons for use with your
students. We have provided ideas for potential lessons and material to support
both you and your students. Feel free to use them as they best suit your classes.
Many were created with the Language Arts Standards in mind. If you publish
this material, please give credit to Lyric Opera San Diego. The site
is organized in this fashion. First is the general information. After that,
each production has its own pages. Simply go to the page of the performance
in which you are especially interested. Within each there are introductions
to the piece, articles and Teacher Resources. Any underlined word in gold
print is a link to additional information. Within the articles there are links,
as well.
Mandatory
Lesson
Your first lesson with students needs to inform them of the difference in
behavior between going to the movies and attending a live musical event such
as operetta and opera. The following are general guidelines to help make this
a better experience for your students and the others in the theatre.
• Students will need to know that they must stay seated throughout the performance, leaving
their seats only at intermission.
• Changing of seats and wandering up and down the aisles and in the lobbies are not permitted.
• Talking is also inappropriate during the performance. The cast and musicians depend on the
audience to enhance everyone’s experience by listening carefully and enjoying themselves.
• Applause is encouraged at appropriate times, such as when the conductor arrives, when the
scene or act ends (signaled by the dropping of the curtain) and at the end of a particularly
difficult or entertaining piece of music.
• No food or drink is permitted in the theatre itself.
• There are restroom facilities available, but you are encouraged to have students use them only
before and after performances and at intermissions. Use ar other times is inappropriate unless
urgently needed..
• The rehearsal may be stopped for corrections.
• At the end of the performance, the orchestra may still be working. Please leave the hall quietly.
• No pagers or cell phones, please! Turn all devices to "silent".
• No photography or recordings of any kind are permitted.
• Disturbances in the restrooms or anywhere on the premises will result in students being
removed. Adult chaperones must accompany any student who is removed for cause.
The Productions
Man of La Mancha
The Swallow (La rondine)
Amahl and the Night Visitors
H.M.S. Pinafore
Revised April
2007
Please credit Lyric Opera San Diego when using
these articles.