“Opera Kids”, a documentary about “Creating Original Opera” a performing arts program I was part of defining, teaching and implementing in schools, in one form or another for over three decades, is now playing (for free) on-line on ALL ARTS (created by the WNET group).
Max Sturm an opera kid himself before growing up to become a documentary filmmaker and making this film. I show up for a little bit in the doc, along with many colleagues I’ve worked with over the years. We are the talking heads and give context about the program, but the film wisely focuses mostly on the kids themselves creating and producing their own original opera.
I wrote a lot more about the film and “Creating Original Opera” here.
Notes from a Composer 