| Hector Armienta |
| Hector Armienta |
SPECIFICS
Running Time: 35 minutes
Number of Performers: Four Adult Performers and an optional student chorus.
Set: One set, comprised of a 5’ x 5’ pop up book (illustrating a tree), and a
well. Design for the set exists.
Props: A book, a 4’ pole, a mirror, Coyote Mobile ( made of a cardboard box)
Characters: Scrawny - Hero: Tenor, a young naive, somewhat nerdy Coyote.
Loco – Villain : Low Baritone, A badly dressed Zoot Suiter Coyote.
Chiquita & Banana ( The Chiquita Banana Sisters): Sopranos:
Picture the female version of Chip and Dale, with a mischiveous
bent. Both are rabbits.
Student Interaction: The work has an optional chorus part. The chorus part is sung by
students. It can be taught a) by a docent, b) by a teacher volunteer, or
c) as part of your artist in residency/outreach program
Style of music: The music incorporates Mexican style songs (corridos), and traditional
western harmonies and melodies.
Space Requirements: A stage and a piano
Language: The libretto is in English with occasional words and phrases in
Spanish. This allows English speakers to understand the work, while
providing Spanish speakers a unique connection to the art form and their
culture.
Curriculum Integration: The work is loosely based on an Mexican Folk tale, called the Coyote and
the Rabbit or the Coyote and the Lamb. There are several children’s
books ( both in English & Spanish) based on this story, which classroom
teachers use as part of their curriculum ( Native American Folk stories,
English Language Development).
Supplemental Material: Classroom teachers are provided a synopsis of the story, which can be
read to the students or given to the students as a reading assignment.
Costs for Licensing: To be negotiated, based on the number of performances
Arts Education Packet: A teacher’s activity guide is also available. It contains pre – engagement
and post engagement activitivities. These activities tie into the work of art
and have curriculum connections as well.
Running Time: 35 minutes
Number of Performers: Four Adult Performers and an optional student chorus.
Set: One set, comprised of a 5’ x 5’ pop up book (illustrating a tree), and a
well. Design for the set exists.
Props: A book, a 4’ pole, a mirror, Coyote Mobile ( made of a cardboard box)
Characters: Scrawny - Hero: Tenor, a young naive, somewhat nerdy Coyote.
Loco – Villain : Low Baritone, A badly dressed Zoot Suiter Coyote.
Chiquita & Banana ( The Chiquita Banana Sisters): Sopranos:
Picture the female version of Chip and Dale, with a mischiveous
bent. Both are rabbits.
Student Interaction: The work has an optional chorus part. The chorus part is sung by
students. It can be taught a) by a docent, b) by a teacher volunteer, or
c) as part of your artist in residency/outreach program
Style of music: The music incorporates Mexican style songs (corridos), and traditional
western harmonies and melodies.
Space Requirements: A stage and a piano
Language: The libretto is in English with occasional words and phrases in
Spanish. This allows English speakers to understand the work, while
providing Spanish speakers a unique connection to the art form and their
culture.
Curriculum Integration: The work is loosely based on an Mexican Folk tale, called the Coyote and
the Rabbit or the Coyote and the Lamb. There are several children’s
books ( both in English & Spanish) based on this story, which classroom
teachers use as part of their curriculum ( Native American Folk stories,
English Language Development).
Supplemental Material: Classroom teachers are provided a synopsis of the story, which can be
read to the students or given to the students as a reading assignment.
Costs for Licensing: To be negotiated, based on the number of performances
Arts Education Packet: A teacher’s activity guide is also available. It contains pre – engagement
and post engagement activitivities. These activities tie into the work of art
and have curriculum connections as well.
| The Coyotes and the Rabbits/Los Coyotes y Las Conejas (A Bilingual Children's Opera) |
Hector Armienta has adapted one of the oldest Mexican folk tales known, The Coyote and the
Rabbit, and turned into a lesson about the value of an education. It is told by two mischievous
but well intentioned rabbits known as Chiquita and Banana. The story begins when a young
Coyote, named Scrawny, is visited by his cousin, Loco. When Loco finds out that Scrawny is
learning how to read, something no decent Coyote would ever do, Loco has made it his mission
to set his cousin on the “right path”. What follows are a series of misadventures, due to Loco’s
inability to read and his ignorance. In the end, Scrawny realizes that an education is the key to
long and fruitful life.
Rabbit, and turned into a lesson about the value of an education. It is told by two mischievous
but well intentioned rabbits known as Chiquita and Banana. The story begins when a young
Coyote, named Scrawny, is visited by his cousin, Loco. When Loco finds out that Scrawny is
learning how to read, something no decent Coyote would ever do, Loco has made it his mission
to set his cousin on the “right path”. What follows are a series of misadventures, due to Loco’s
inability to read and his ignorance. In the end, Scrawny realizes that an education is the key to
long and fruitful life.
| THE STORY |
| Coyote Loco |
| Chiquita and Coyote Loco |
| Chiquita and Banana Sisters |
| Scrawny Coyote |
My Coyote Mobile
We've Got Him Now!
Holding Up the Sky
| Recordings courtesy of Forth Worth Opera |
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