In last week’s Classical Music Agenda, we suggested that you attend a rare performance of Czech composer Hans Krása’s children’s opera Brundibár, performed by the talented children taking part in this summer’s Opera Camp for Kids with Washington National Opera. Well, this DCist heard the first performance of the work yesterday morning (see our review at Ionarts), and we must urge you once again to go and hear this opera if you can. There is…

Ah, what better sign could we have that summer is here than the arrival of the summer music festivals? Over at Ionarts, this DCist is keeping track of opera festivals around the world this summer. While we don’t have an actual summer opera festival in Washington — which could be a great idea, like the Metropolitan Opera’s Met in the Park in New York — we have a number of small opera companies that perform…