Pinocchio: An Opera For Children at St. Petersburg Opera Company

Utilizing music from Mozart, Offenbach, Verdi and Donizetti with easily-understood lyrics in English John Davies one-hour adaptation of "Pinocchio" is the ideal introduction to opera for young people. A fast-moving showcase of operatic storytelling, kid-style, its a colorful, fun-filled re-telling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who learns, through a series of misadventures, that lying does not pay.