Music Appreciation

Today in Music class the students were introduced to Antonin Dvorak! Since the student will be attending a field trip at the CAC discussing Czech heritage I thought it only appropriate to have a composer study on a Czech composer. 

In class the students watched a short narrated story of Rusalka. At the end of the story, the students were allowed to listen to the aria from this opera, "Song to the Moon." Dvorak based his most beautiful operatic composition on this story by Jarslav Kvapil.  Rusalka is one of the most successful Czech operas, and represents a cornerstone of the repertoire of Czech opera houses.

Ask your students which Disney movie greatly imitates this story of Rusalka and her prince.