Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series

Your kids introduced you to Hot Peas N’ Butter and the Deedle Deedle Dees—now you can turn them on to Rossini and Wagner at the Met Opera’s monthlong outdoor recital series, where rising stars like Renée Tatum and Dimitri Pittas perform in parks in all five boroughs. Most performances clock in at about an hour, so the fat lady will be singing well before your kids lose interest. See metoperafamily.org for locations and times. Ages 8 and up.