Opera Singer Let's Play

-# Let's play

-Dooby do do

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's have an adventure, hooray!

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

# Let's play!

# Who could we be today?

# What could we do?

# I'd like to sail a pirate ship

# Or decorate a room

# I could be a film director

# Or I could walk your pet

# A clown or tennis player

# The best you've ever met

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's have an adventure today

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

# Let's play! #

Morning, Sid!

Ah! Morning, Rebecca.

What ARE you doing?

There's a funny smell, so I'm trying to sniff it out.

Come on, let's follow our noses and sniff out the smell.

-Can you smell it?

-SNIFF SNIFF

Yeah.

Oh, oh, oh...

Oh! Yuk!

-I think we found the smell!

-Yeah, my football socks!

I wondered where they'd got to. I'll get them out of here!

Hold on, Sid! It's time! ALARM SOUNDS

Great!

-It's time to play!

-Whose turn is it today?

-Let it be me!

-Let it be me!

-Me!

-Me!

-Me!

-Let it be me! Let-let-let it be me.

-Me!

Let it be me!

Let it be me.

Let it be me!

Let it be me!

BOTH: # Let it be me Let it be me

# I really, really, really, really hope that it's me! #

Let it be me, let it be me.

Let it be me!

Let-let-let it be me!

# Let it be me Let it be me

# I really, really, really, really hope that it's me. #

Could it be me?

Could it be me?

It's me!

# Yes, it's me Yes, it's me

# I'm really, really, really, really happy! #

It's me!

Look, there's the dressing-up room!

-# Let's play! #

-This is really exciting!

So, what do you think we're playing today?

BUZZ

So, what have I got on?

A top hat, a parrot outfit

and a pair of spotty wellies.

This definitely isn't right! Let's try again.

BOING!

Oh, wow! So, this time I'm wearing a floaty gown,

and I've got a piece of paper with music on it.

OPERA SINGING

That sounds like opera music to me!

What do you think we're playing today?

Yes! We're going to be opera singers!

So, what do we need to know?

BOING!

An opera is a play that is sung

and there are lots of different operas.

Opera singers have very powerful voices

and they sing and act at the same time.

The colour purple is considered unlucky by some opera singers.

Opera singers need to warm up their voices and sing scales

before they perform.

And there are lots of different types of voices in opera.

Some are high and some are low.

Usually male opera singers with low voices sing 'bass',

and female opera singers with high voices sing 'soprano'.

OK, that's what we need to remember. Do we need anything else?

DOINK!

Oh, it looks like a little horn.

I wonder what that's for?

I'm sure it'll come in handy.

So, we've got everything we need. Let's go!

# Let's play! #

Oh! It's freezing in here, Sid!

Oh, yes, I opened the window to try and get rid of the smell.

-HE SNIFFS

-It didn't work.

-Guess what we're playing today?

-Traffic wardens?

What? No! We're playing opera singers, of course!

Oh! Well, you're going to have a lovely time.

And I shall try to remove this smell!

-Good idea, see you later.

-Have a great time!

# Let's play! #

Come on, let's play opera singers!

Oh! Ha-ha-ha-ha!

-Whoa!

-# Let's play! #

VWORP VWORP!

Right, so there should be an opera taking place around here.

But I wonder where?

OPERA SINGING

That sounds like an opera to me!

And I think it's coming from inside this building.

# Me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me... #

Stand aside, make way,

for the world's greatest opera singer coming through!

-Really? Where?

-Where? Here!

I am the world's greatest opera singer, the one and only

Siderotti!

# La, la, la, la, LAAA! #

Fantastic! I'm an opera singer, too.

Is this where the opera is?

It is the opera house. Where else would the opera be?

But, more importantly, it is where Siderotti is,

and where Siderotti is,

opera is!

# Me, me, me, MEEEEE! #

Wow! When they say opera singers have powerful voices, they're not wrong!

Now, if you will excuse me,

I have work to do in my dressing room.

Getting ready for the opera?

No, no, no. Opening my fan mail!

Well, I want to be an opera singer,

so I guess I should go to the opera house, too!

-Come on!

-# Let's play! #

Wow! I'm onstage at the opera house!

Where can he be? Where can he be?

Oh, deary, deary, deary me!

-Can I help?

-My opera star's not here! It's all gone wrong!

-I need him to come and practise his song!

-Is someone missing?

I'm the conductor of the opera tonight,

I wave my baton so the rhythm is right.

But if I can't rehearse with my opera star,

-the show will be a dis-as-TAH!

-Whoa! OK.

Describe the man you're looking for, I'll find him.

Well, he's a bit...

And a bit...

And so much...

I know exactly who you're talking about.

I think I met him earlier.

He sounds a bit like this?

# Aaah, aaah, aaah! #

He sounds a bit like that I suppose, when he has a cold in his nose!

You're looking for Siderotti!

He's the best in the biz! You know where he is?

He said he was going to his dressing room to open fan mail.

If you tell me where it is, I'll get him.

Thank you! Hip hip hooray!

His dressing room is over that way!

There are lots of doors back here!

I wonder which is Siderotti's dressing room?

# Me, me, me, me... #

Hmm, something tells me this might be the star's dressing room!

"Dear Siderotti,

"you are the greatest opera singer the world has ever known."

I know.

Oh, hello.

Ah, I knew I would see you again.

You have come to ask the great Siderotti for his autograph, no?

-Well, you are in luck. I have...

-Erm, no, thank you.

-No?!

-Yes, no!

-No?

-No, I've just come to get you.

The conductor wants you on the stage to rehearse.

Pah! With him it is always, "Now, now, now!"

Does he not know that I am the great Siderotti?

The world's greatest opera singer. It says so right here.

I need to read the messages from all my adoring fans.

Yes, I can see that,

but don't you think it's an idea to rehearse a little bit?

Very well! I suppose these can wait.

Ah, ah, ah-choo!

-Are you all right?

-No!

My lovely fans, they always throw flowers at the end

of every performance, but I am allergic. They make me ah, ah, ah...

-Here you go.

-Ah! Keep it away from me!

Here, you can blow your nose!

What are you doing? No, you keep it. No! Help me!

What's going on?

Help!

Ah, Siderotti! At last! And you came so fast!

And I am leaving even faster. The performance is cancelled.

Ah!

There is no way I can sing on this stage.

In fact, there is no way I can sing in this opera house!

I quit!

What happened? I was only trying to give him my hanky.

What are you doing? How could you? Take it away, or I'll quit too!

What's going on? Why is everyone scared of my hanky?

It's clean, I promise!

Oh, hold on! I remember, do you? That's it.

Purple is considered bad luck by some opera singers.

And my hanky is purple. No wonder Siderotti didn't want to

blow his nose in it!

Mr Conductor, I'm so sorry.

I didn't realise my hanky would cause a fuss!

That's all very well,

but my opera singer has run away!

This opera's off! It's gone wrong!

I'm going to quit, I'll even break my baton!

No, wait! Don't do that! Maybe I can help.

I know, I'll do it. I'll sing the opera for you.

I did scare off Siderotti, after all.

Well, yes. That would be just the thing.

But wait a moment, can you actually sing?

Of course I can sing! Just listen to this.

SHE SINGS TERRIBLY

What on earth do you call that?

Sorry, I thought I would sound better.

That wasn't opera, that was a yelp!

If you want to perform you'll need help.

Oh, dear, I thought I would be able to sing much better.

I am an opera singer, after all.

Oh, hold on! I remember, do you? That's it.

Opera singers need to warm up and sing scales before they perform.

To stop being a screecher, you need a teacher.

In there is your man, if he can't help you, no-one can!

I'll see you later for the performance.

# Let's play. #

Who's this?

Hello?

Hel-lo?

Welcome, welcome.

I have been expecting you!

You have?

But of course!

You are here to find your voice and I know exactly where it is hiding.

Right.

Is it behind the door?

No!

Is it under the carpet?

No. It is right here. Inside you!

And it is my job as a voice coach to let you help it come out.

Oh, so, erm... How do you do that?

With exercises, Rebecca! Exercises!

Repeat after me.

# Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me!

# You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you! #

No!

# Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me! #

That's what I said.

# You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you. #

No!

And calm.

Let's try a different way.

# You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you

# Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me. #

Beautiful! Now you've got it! Faster!

# Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me. #

Perfect! Faster!

# Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me! #

Wonderful! And relax.

The performance is in safe hands.

Now, where was I?

So is there anything else I need to do, you know, to warm up?

Hello? Hello?

What a strange man!

I heard that!

Well, what did he say?

Are you going to save the day?

He said the performance was in safe hands!

That's fantastic news! Do you fancy a practice?

We've got no time to lose.

ORCHESTRA STARTS UP

SHE GROANS: Agh!

Stop, stop! Oh, my word!

That's the worst opera singing I've ever heard!

I'm so sorry! I did everything the voice coach taught me.

Well, if the music doesn't match your voice,

we'll have to cancel the opera. We have no choice.

If only my voice wasn't so high!

Now what are we going to do?

Hold on!

I remember! Do you? That's it.

Usually male opera singers with a low voice sing bass,

and female opera singers with a high voice sing soprano.

Siderotti's a man, so he must be a bass,

and I'm a lady so I must be soprano!

Siderotti's music was too low for my voice.

I need a different piece of music.

You need a high song to sing.

An aria called Brunnhilde is just the thing!

Brunnhilde! That sounds fun!

But you'll need a Brunnhilde costume, you'll find it in...

..the dressing room?

Very good! Now how did you know?

Hurry up, it's time for the show!

Excuse me? Can you help me, please?

Ah, hello there. Come on in!

Come on over here. Nice to see you. Take a seat!

Cup of tea?

Really, there's no time.

Don't be daft! Now, what can I do for you?

Well, I'm due on stage any minute and I need a costume!

-Biscuit?

-Really, there's no time!

Don't be daft! There's always time for a biscuit!

Now, what part are you playing?

Slice of cake?

There's a slice of cake costume?

Don't be daft. I just wondered if you fancied one.

There's always time for a slice of cake.

Really, I shouldn't. Oh, go on, then!

I'm going to be playing Brunnhilde!

Oh, why didn't you say? I have just the costume!

Very impressive.

Wait until you see the hat that goes with it!

Where is it? There we are. Oh, my lucky stars!

What's the matter?

-The Brunnhilde hat! It's broken.

-Well, don't you have a spare?

You can't sing with a broken costume!

-There's only one thing for it.

-What?

Have a biscuit! There's always time for a biscuit!

Hold on!

I know what we can use. Do you?

This cow horn. I knew it would come in handy!

Ah, let me see that. Thank you very much.

There we are! Good as new.

Or should I say, "good as moo"?

Get it? Good as moo?

Now go on, get changed. Nice and quick!

Thank you.

Now, Rebecca, you truly look the part!

So if you're ready, we can make a start!

Wish me luck!

APPLAUSE

REBECCA SINGS BRUNNHILDE ARIA

Now, where did I leave my fan mail?

My word!

REBECCA SINGS BRUNNHILDE ARIA

That voice!

That singing!

Almost as good as Siderotti!

REBECCA CONTINUES SINGING

I taught her well!

That's my girl!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, thank you! Thank you.

SIDEROTTI SOBS

That was wonderful! It brought a tear to my eye.

Music so beautiful it made everyone cry!

You are welcome back to sing opera any time, Rebecca!

Just leave your purple hanky at home.

I will.

It's been such great fun. Thank you!

Well, what an adventure that was!

But we'd never have done it without

remembering everything we needed to know.

The colour purple is considered unlucky by some opera singers.

Opera singers need to warm up their voices

and sing scales before they perform.

And usually male opera singers with low voices sing bass...

HE SINGS BASS

..and female opera singers with high voices sing soprano.

SHE SINGS SOPRANO

I think it's time we went home.

So you're not staying for an encore, Rebecca?

No! I've got to go, but you go out there and bring the house down!

You know, I think I just will!

# Me, me, me, me!

# You, you, you, you, you, you, you!

# I mean, me, me, me, me, me! #

Bye!

Go away, smell! Go away.

# Hello again, Sid!

# Hello, Rebecca! #

How was your adventure?

It was amazing! Playing opera singers was so much fun!

Oh, great. Now if you could rid of this smell, please.

I think I might have just the thing.

Ah, Rebecca, you are a genius!

Actually, I'm a soprano!

Well, it's smelling a lot better already.

Ah, no more smelly socks for us.

Playing opera singers was great fun.

What do you like to play?

Playing Crocodiles is fun! I snap my jaws like this.

Hai-ya! This is how I play karate expert.

Playing owls is fun and I hoot like this - hoot, hoot!

It's fun to play!

Start playing today.

See you soon!