Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Youngest | POEM | Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Youngest | POEM | Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen From Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Custard Published by Bloomsbury You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/ Please...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Nursery | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Nursery | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen From Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Custard Published by Bloomsbury You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/ "You Can't Catch...
Out of this Word
Burst Your Bubble
Max is excited and proud to perform the first act at the school’s concert. Moon corrects him by saying that the first act isn’t the most important one, and that she’s sorry to burst his bubble, which means to suddenly ruin someone’s good...
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Joey Travolta's Film Summer Camp Teaches Young Adults With Special Needs About Film & Kindness
Inclusion Films, started by veteran filmmaker Joey Travolta (brother of actor John Travolta) in 2007, is a teaching studio for aspiring filmmakers with developmental disabilities. Students build sets, edit footage, act in projects, and...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Words Are Ours | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Words Are Ours | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen from ‘Big Book of Bad Things’ (Puffin). Words are ours In the beginning was the word and the word is ours: the names of places, the names of flowers, the name of names,...
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Opera Short #6, inspired by 'O soave fanciulla' from La bohème
One of six opera animations in our 2014 Opera Shorts series. Opera Short #6 was created by Dahye Kim & Alice Cui, students on the Illustration and Animation course at Kingston University. Set to the duet 'O soave fanciulla' from La...
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Opera Short #2: The Opera Machine - Inspired by 'O soave fanciulla' from La bohème
The second of five animated films inspired by opera in collaboration with Kingston University students, 2014. Doug Hindson has been inspired by the aria 'O soave fanciulla' from Puccini's La bohème and created the 'Opera Machine' which...
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Manon: Federico Bonelli and Marianela Nuñez introduce Act 3 (The Royal Ballet)
Principal Dancers of The Royal Ballet Federico Bonelli and Marianela Nuñez introduce the final act of Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece, Manon. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/Manon Kenneth MacMillan began work on Manon shortly...
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The Winter's Tale - Act I Trial scene (The Royal Ballet)
Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Edward Watson as Leontes in the Act I Trial Scene of Christopher's Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale, with music by Joby Talbot. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/tale Following his charming Alice’s...
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Così fan tutte – Act I trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ (Mozart; Winters, Brower, Kränzle, The Royal Opera)
Corinne Winters as Fiordiligi, Angela Brower as Dorabella and Johannes Martin Kränzle as Don Alfonso sing the Act I trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ in Jan Philipp Gloger's production of Così fan tutte. Find out more...
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Madama Butterfly – 'Vogliatemi bene' (Puccini, Ermonela Jaho, Marcelo Puente, The Royal Opera)
Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio-San) and Marcelo Puente (Pinkerton) perform the duet ‘Vogliatemi bene’ from Act I of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/ Giacomo Puccini was entranced by David Belasco’s play Madame...
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Madama Butterfly – 'Un bel dí vedremo' (Puccini, Ermonela Jaho, The Royal Opera)
Ermonela Jaho as Cio-Cio San (with Elizabeth DeShong as Suzuki) performs Un bel dí vedremo in Madama Butterfly. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/ Giacomo Puccini was entranced by David Belasco’s play Madame Butterfly (based on a...
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The MoMA honours Spanish director Pedro Almodóva
Part of the party – snapshots for the media. Spanish film director Pedro Almodóva was being celebrated at the the MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art – with a retrospective of his long career and a special screening of his latest film...
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Madama Butterfly's musical secrets uncovered with Antonio Pappano (The Royal Opera)
Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano explores the score of Puccini's Madama Butterfly with the help of soprano Ermonela Jaho. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/butterfly Giacomo Puccini was entranced by David Belasco’s...
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Madama Butterfly: What makes it such a powerful opera? (The Royal Opera)
Antonio Pappano, Ermonela members and other performers and creatives from The Royal Opera reveal the secrets of Madama Butterfly's success. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk Giacomo Puccini was entranced by David Belasco’s play...
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The giant tap-dancing noses scene from Shostakovich's The Nose (The Royal Opera)
Shostakovich’s surreal and brilliant first opera tells the story of a man who wakes one morning to find that his nose has gone missing Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/thenose Shostakovich was only 20 when he began writing The...
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Insights into Shostakovich's The Nose (The Royal Opera)
Director Barrie Kosky and members of the creative team present their vision for Shostakovich’s first opera, acclaimed for its biting wit, hilarious action and orchestral brilliance. With Professor Andrew Kahn and singers Martin Winkler...
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Insights into The Royal Opera's Queen of Spades
Join the cast and creative team of The Royal Opera's The Queen of Spades, for insights into Tchaikovsky's late opera. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk Tchaikovsky began work on The Queen of Spades in 1889. He based it on a short...
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Why The Queen of Spades is Tchaikovsky's lesser-known masterpiece (The Royal Opera)
Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession. Cast Vladimir Stoyanov, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Conductor Antonio Pappano, Director Stefan...
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Antonio Pappano explores the musical secrets of The Queen of Spades (The Royal Opera)
Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession. Musical Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano explains why this opera is one of his favourites to conduct....
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Why the Sun Shines: The Quantum Explanation
New ReviewThe mass of the sun was well understood, and translates to about 10^57 atoms. This leads to a lifetime of the sun of about 20,000 years. But we know the sun is at least 4.5 billion years old. So where does the sun's energy come from?...
Reading Through History
What is 1984?
For a teaching unit covering Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW The following video provides a brief history of the novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", including a plot summary, as well as how it was received by critics upon its initial...
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What is Animal Farm?
For a unit covering this material, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW The following video provides a short introduction to the novel Animal Farm, including a plot summary, as well as a history of the book's purpose, and critical reception...
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Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta in Manon, 2004 (The Royal Ballet)
Tamara Rojo as Manon and Carlos Acosta as Des Grieux in Act I of Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Manon. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/news/manon-dance-highlights-four-extended-pas-de-deux Kenneth MacMillan began work on Manon shortly...