Teaching Resources

The Royal Ballet brings Beatrix Potter's lovable animal tales to life with choregraphy by Frederick Ashton. 

This 2-disc set of 40 restored and remastered cartoons is a marvel of animation and music,and special feature Behind the Tunes explores how the  music and instrumentation coordinates with the animation.

A cricket, mouse, and cat compose Yankee Doodle, help write the Declaration of Independence, and assist Paul Revere. Plus 5 more Chuck Jones/Disney cartoon features.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic. Winner of 6 Academy Awards.

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Ballet, mime, acrobatics and theater combine with magnificent sets combine with music by Viktor Kalabis for Lewsi Carroll's classic story.

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.

Two Fantasy Operas created from Sendak's books are composed and conducted by Oliver Knussen with production design by Maurice Sendak himself. 

These mini works of art, animated and directed by Michael Sporn, prove he is "the poet of animation." His keen ear for music is as sensitive as his artist's eyes and his storyteller's heart.  6 tales about 30 min. ea.

The Little Prince from another planet learns the importance of life (and love) in the book by St. Exupery and the opera with music by Rachel Portman.

Joyful classics, abridged for the classroom. A great intro to opera & ballet for kids!

The best of musical classic cartoons from LooneyTunes, Tom & Jerry, Disney.

The Royal Ballet with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, and score by Joby Talbot.

Harry deals with alien space capsules to Mussorgsky's Night on Bare Mountain.

bu Ann Bryant.  Integrate music, art, and literature with a story told to the  William Tell Overture by Rossini.

Curriculum Kits by Clifford Brooks and Roger Ames.