Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing

Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing blends classical favorites such as Beethoven s Moonlight Serenade with popular opera melodies to help introduce this timeless art form to school-age children. The delightful 45-minute production follows Sid, a performing snake in a circus, who wants to learn to sing. Accompanied by his circus friends, he travels the world, trying a different style of singing wherever he goes grand opera in Rome, music-hall in London, rock in New York. He fails every time, until… Show more he realizes that if he sings in his own style, he sings very well. He then rejoins the circus as Sid the Singing Serpent.
The opera is performed in English and is designed to be a self-contained production with three-dimensional sets, costumes, and features a talented cast of principal singers.
About Nashville Opera
Nashville Opera, Tennessee s largest professional opera company, is dedicated to creating legendary productions and programs. Among the most successful regional companies in the United States of America, Nashville Opera has presented three different world premiere operas since its inception in 1981. Main stage performances are presented at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and play to over 17,000 people annually. Nashville Opera s extensive education and outreach touring program reaches over 30,000 students throughout Middle Tennessee. These projects are supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Metro Nashville Arts Commission.

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