A hungry bear, a pear tree, and opera for kids!

How can children develop a love for opera? By watching and listening to a fun performance by Opera4Kids!

Even I, a so-called adult, enjoyed a happy opera staged for children at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion today. It was part of the usual two o’clock organ concert in San Diego’s Balboa Park.

Opera4Kids presented The Bear and the Pear Tree, a simple story sung by two professional opera singers, Victoria Robertson and Bernardo Bermudez. Both have sung with the San Diego Opera.

Kids sat on the stage, swaying and clapping, laughing and shouting encouragement to the sweet pear tree and the hungry bear. The bear wanted a pear. Should he flatter the pear tree? Would the story end with a happily ever after?

Yes, it was a child’s fairy tale, but the singing was strong and very beautiful.

Funny how a simple thing can make one feel uplifted.

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