Worksheets with web pages to encourage listening skills, self expression and appreciation of Italian opera. The information on the worksheets can be used for ‘a whole class’ exercise. The first section of the exercise asks pupils ‘to pretend’ to be at a live opera performance and to react according to their own feelings. The second section of the exercise involves personal opinions and listening skills and can be either written individually by pupils or discussed openly in class. The worksheets have accompanying web pages which should be read prior to the exercise. Navigation instructions are provided on the sheets.

Worksheets that accompany web pages. The content is about Italian opera and the arias: O mio babbino caro - from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini and La donna è mobile - from Rigoletto by Verdi. Pupils are asked to listen to the music and to react as if at an opera house and to give their opinions.