What is the best opera to take a 10 year old to?

I want to introduce my daughter to the opera - there is Barber of Seville, Carmen and La Boheme at the Met Opera playing. What would she is more likely to enjoy?

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whichever one you pick, make sure your duaghter has had access to the text. Most CDs come with a booklet that includes the text ( called libretto) in at least four languages, so that one can follow along with the music while listening at home. ( It'll be dark in the hall, so she can't read it in there)

She might find the stories a bit, well, let's be honest, old-fashioned and out-dated. You'll have to give her an up-beat version to keep her interested.

Also, check with the Met to see if they give an introductory lecture or tour before the show. Some houses do this, an dit's a good idea, especially if the staging has gone ultra-modern, and bears little, if any, resemblance to how the story line runs. ( the house I work in just finished a production of Flying Dutchman that looked like somebody's nightmare come true in the ladies' public showers. Even we in the chorus couldn't figure that one out!)

If your daughter enjoys singing herself, then go for Boheme or Carmen, since both include children's chorus. Make sure she's steeled for the deaths at the end of both, because the effect of a live performance is not to be underestimated. Heck, I still cry at the end of Boheme! Puccini knew exactly how to push the emotional buttons with his music.

Barber will be the lightest and happiest of the three, but the story is the slowest.

Gee, I wish I could say, go to all three, but I know the limitations of the pocketbook.

Have fun. I hope you get good seats, and a more-than-decent performance.

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why don't you find out the story lines and ask her? if you think she'd like it (which i doubt), then ask her.
I would think La Boheme would be pretty depressing. I'd go with Barber of Seville, of those. Have fun!
i'd say carmen. they do a childrens chorus sometimes when they show it.
Why not go to the public library, borrow cd recordings of each of those operas, play them for the kid and see which one she responds to?
Try The Magic Flute by Mozart. There is a dramatic storyline, vivid costumes, and exhilarating music!!!
"Carmen," "The Barber of Seville," "Hansel And Gretel," or "The Magic Flute."