Crazy fun Group Opera: Learn to Speak like Gilbert & Sullivan
Helping Your Students Speak Well: Sing Gilbert & Sullivan
Gilbert & Sullivan wrote clever, engaging, lyrics in modern opera. This song poses a very difficult task indeed. One that most students have never faced. Give them a chance. Have some fun with this. Hand out the lyrics. Please view the live version on YouTube. Then play the music only version and have them sing along. Give out awards for students who can return the next week and sing it by themselves.
Lyrics and Definitions:
US LETTER: TECHBRICKModernMajorGeneral.pdf
UK A4: TECHBRICKModernMajorGeneralA4.pdf
MP3 files with Lyrics and Music
- With Lyrics:
Modern-Major-General-Vocal.mp3
- Music Only:
Modern-Major-General-Vocal.mp3
On YouTube
- Excellent Version with English sub-titles: https://youtu.be/Rs3dPaz9nAo
- Live opera with very fast version at the end. Starts at 49 seconds: https://youtu.be/zSGWoXDFM64?t=49s
- Version with good recording for singing: https://youtu.be/Z2OcbeGqbpU