two other uses the art form the browser Opera web browser Opera disambiguation File Palais Garnier.jpg 300px thumb The Palais Garnier of the Paris Op ra , one of the world s most famous opera house s. Opera ... setting . ref Some definitions of opera dramatic performance or composition of which music ... music for singers usually in costume and instrumentalists Amanda Holden, Viking Opera Guide musical ... , 1983 ed. . ref Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting , Theatrical ... given in an opera house , accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble . Opera is part of the Western ..., many of them ancient in origin, are also sometimes called opera by analogy, usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region for example, Chinese opera . These independent traditions are not derivative of Western opera, but are rather distinct forms of musical theatre . Opera is also not the only ... opera continued to dominate most of Europe, except France, attracting foreign composers such as George Frideric Handel Handel . Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until .... Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart , who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic opera s, especially The Marriage of Figaro ... performed today. It also saw the advent of Grand Opera typified by the works of Giacomo Meyerbeer Meyerbeer . The mid to late 19th century was a golden age of opera, led and dominated by Richard Wagner Wagner in Germany and Giuseppe Verdi Verdi in Italy. The popularity of opera continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to Giacomo Puccini Puccini ... emerged in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Russian opera Russia and Bohemia . The 20th ... Caruso became known to audiences beyond the circle of opera fans. Operas were also performed on and written for radio and television. Operatic terminology The words of an opera are known as the libretto ... more details
State Opera may refer to any of following Bavarian State Opera Berlin State Opera Hamburg State Opera Staatsoper Hannover Hungarian State Opera House Vienna State Opera Prague State Opera disambig fr Op ra d tat no Staatsoper pl Opera Pa stwowa ro Oper de stat dezambiguizare ... more details
A Night at the Opera may refer to A Night at the Opera film A Night at the Opera film 1935 , a Marx Brothers comedy film A Night at the Opera Queen album A Night at the Opera Queen album 1975 , by rock band Queen A Night at the Opera Blind Guardian album A Night at the Opera Blind Guardian album 2002 , by power metal band Blind Guardian disambig ca A Night At The Opera de A Night at the Opera hr A Night at the Opera it A Night at the Opera nl A Night at the Opera no A Night at the Opera pl A Night at the Opera pt A Night at the Opera ru A Night at the Opera sk A Night at the Opera sl A Night at the Opera sr A Night at the Opera fi A Night at the Opera sv A Night at the Opera tr A Night at the Opera ... more details
The history of opera may refer to Opera History , The history of opera, an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work History of the Opera web browser , The history of the Opera web browser disambig ... more details
The English Opera may refer to The Lyceum Theatre, London , commonly known as the The English Opera or The English Opera House until the 1840s. The English National Opera , an English opera company founded by Lilian Baylis The Palace Theatre, London , originally named the Royal English Opera House was intended as a home for English Grand Opera Disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar operaOpera is a Western performance art which combines music and drama. Opera may also refer to Opera web browser Opera Software , a Norwegian software company In music pera , album by Todmobile Opera song Opera song , by etin Alp & the Short Waves Chinese opera , an art form combining music and drama rooted in traditional Chinese culture Op ra, a List of opera genres Op ra genre of French 19th and 20th century lyric stage work Op ra, a commonly used name for the Paris Opera Op ra comique , French opera genre Op ra Comique , Paris opera company and opera house Opera Comique , London theatre 1870 1902 , known for Gilbert and Sullivan operas In television and film Opera film Opera film , a horror film by Dario Argento The Opera Seinfeld The Opera Seinfeld , an episode of the TV series Opera, a Japanese adult video studio founded by Kaoru Toyoda In other uses Opera, Lombardy ... system Opera magazine Opera magazine , a British publication covering opera Operation Opera , a 1981 Israeli air strike OPERA experiment , a particle physics experiment aiming to detect neutrino oscillations Opera Solutions , a management consulting and analytics company Opera cake , French cake OPERA, a property management system for hotels developed and marketed by MICROS Systems , Inc. MSC Opera , cruise ship See also Rock opera , a rock album or performance in which the songs form a cohesive story Horse opera , melodramatic, formulaic Western movie or TV series Space opera , melodramatic, formulaic sci fi movie or TV series Soap opera , ongoing, episodic work of fiction Soap opera disambiguation Opera Publica , construction or engineering projects carried out in ancient Rome Opus disambiguation Disambig ar be x old bs Opera vor br Opera cs Opera rozcestn k de Opera Begriffskl rung el es pera desambiguaci n eo Opera eu Opera argipena fa fr Op ra gl Opera hr Opera razdvojba it Opera disambigua he ... more details
Royal Opera or Royal Opera House may refer to Khedivial Opera House , Cairo, Egypt burnt down in 1971 Royal Swedish Opera Kungliga Operan , opera house and opera company in Sweden L Op ra of the Palace of Versailles Op ra Royal de Versailles , France Op ra Royal de Wallonie , opera house in Li ge, Belgium Royal Danish Theatre Operaen Copenhagen , opera house and opera company in Denmark Royal Opera House Mumbai , disused opera house in India Royal Opera House Muscat ROHM , opera house in Muscat, Oman Royal Opera House, Valletta , opera house in Malta Royal Opera House ROH , opera house in Covent Garden, London, home of Royal Opera, London , leading opera company in England Royal Wanganui Opera House , opera house in New Zealand Teatro Real , literally Royal Theater is Madrid s Royal Opera House Formerly Royal opera houses or companies Berlin State Opera , Germany Royal Opera House , 1843 1918 Hungarian State Opera House , Budapest Hungarian Royal Opera House , 1884 1945? Kroll Opera House , Berlin, Germany New Royal Opera Theatre , 1895 1924 Palace Theatre, London , London Royal English Opera House , 1891 1892 Teatro dell Opera di Roma , Italy Royal Opera House , 1926 1946 See also Live at Royal Opera House , 2002 DVD by Bj rk Royal Theatre disambiguation disambig he nl Koninklijke Opera ro Royal Opera dezambiguizare ... more details
English Opera may refer to Opera in English English language opera The Lyceum Theatre, London , commonly known as the The English Opera or The English Opera House until the 1840s. The English Opera Company, managed by Louisa Pyne and William Harrison which set up residence in Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House The Palace Theatre, London , originally named the Royal English Opera House was intended as a home for English Grand Opera The English National Opera , an English opera company founded by Lilian Baylis , originally based at Sadler s Wells Theatre Disambig ... more details
Opera South is a name used by several opera companies. Two are in the United States, one in the United Kingdom. Opera South USA for OperaSouth, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, and OPERA SOUTH in Jackson, Mississippi Opera South UK for the British company Disambig ... more details
Opera semiseria semi serious opera is an Italy Italian genre of opera , popular in the early and middle 19th century. Related to the opera buffa , opera semiseria contains elements of comedy but also of pathos, sometimes with a pastoral setting. It can usually be distinguished from tragic operas or melodramas by the presence of a basso buffo . One of the better known examples is Gaetano Donizetti s Linda di Chamounix . Another example is Gioacchino Rossini s La gazza ladra . Vincenzo Bellini s La sonnambula has all the characteristics of the genre except the presence of the required basso buffo and is regarded as both opera seria and opera semiseria ref cite book last Sadie ed first Stanley title The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vl 2 year revised 1980 publisher Macmillan location London isbn 1 56159 174 2 pages 453 ref . References reflist See also Category Opera semiseria Opera genres Category Opera genres Category Opera terminology Category Italian loanwords de Opera semiseria fr Opera semiseria it Opera semiseria hu Opera semiseria nl Opera semiseria ja pl Opera semiseria fi Opera semiseria uk ... more details
Anchorage Opera AO is a professional opera company located in Anchorage , Alaska and is a member of OPERA America . ref http www.operaamerica.org applications membership byName.aspx?searchText Anchorage 20Opera OPERA America membership directory ref History Anchorage Opera was one of the first major performing arts institutions established by Americans in the Circumpolar North. The company was officially incorporated as Anchorage Civic Opera in 1962. References Reflist Primarysources date September 2009 External links http www.anchorageopera.org index.html Official Site of Anchorage OperaOpera company stub Category American opera companies Category Musical groups established in 1962 ... more details
Advert date April 2008 Opera Tampa is the resident opera company of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center . Now in its 15th season, Opera Tampa produces and presents grand opera. The full scale productions generally of Italian opera feature international performers, the Opera Tampa Orchestra and the 50 60 member Opera Tampa Chorus under the direction of composer conductor Anton Coppola . Judith Lisi, president of the Straz Center, also acts as managing director of Opera Tampa. Soprano and founder of V.O.I.C.Experience, Maria Zouves is associate director of Opera Tampa. Baritone Sherrill Milnes is Opera Tampa s artistic advisor. Since 2007, the Opera Tampa Orchestra has been contracted and managed for the Center by IBEX Productions LLC, a Tampa Based music production firm. Opera Tampa performs in the Straz Center s 2,500 seat Carol Morsani Hall, which was designed as a classic horseshoe opera house in the style of the grand opera houses of Europe. The acoustics in Morsani Hall were designed by Russell Johnson. References primarysources date March 2011 Reflist External links http www.operatampa.org Opera Tampa Homepage Category Culture of Tampa, Florida Category American opera companies Category Visitor attractions in Tampa, Florida opera company stub ... more details
Image Comc.jpg thumb An exterior view of the Clark Opera Memphis Center 200px right Image Comc 2.jpg thumb An interior view of the Clark Opera Memphis Center 200px right Opera Memphis is a non profit arts organization in Memphis, Tennessee . It was established in 1956 in conjunction with the founding of WKNO FM , the local public radio affiliate. Historically, Opera Memphis has presented a combination of locally produced operas and touring shows from the Metropolitan Opera Company . Since the early 1990s, Opera Memphis has presented unique productions exclusively. Currently, Opera Memphis mounts three mainstage productions per year. The administrative offices of Opera Memphis are presently located at the Clark Opera Memphis Center in East Memphis, Memphis East Memphis . Composer and Conducting conductor Michael Ching has been at the helm of Opera Memphis since 1992. Soprano Kallen Esperian has appeared in many Opera Memphis productions, including Tosca , Madama Butterfly , Norma opera Norma , and La Traviata . She made her debut in the title role of Carmen at Opera Memphis in 2007. References http www.operamemphis.org content.php?main 1&sub 5 Opera Memphis Welcome & History External links http www.operamemphis.org Opera Memphis Category Culture of Memphis, Tennessee Category Visitor attractions in Memphis, Tennessee Category Opera companies US org stub ... more details
The Shreveport Opera began in the late 1940 s and has continued for over 50 seasons. External links http www.shreveopera.org Official Site of the Shreveport Opera Shreveport, Louisiana opera company stub Category Culture of Shreveport, Louisiana Category American opera companies Category Visitor attractions in Shreveport, Louisiana ... more details
NOTOC Opera America , officially OPERA America , is a service organization in North America promoting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera . Almost all professional opera companies and some semi professional companies in the United States are members of the organization including such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera , San Francisco Opera , Lyric Opera of Chicago , and Dallas Opera . Opera America also includes international affiliated opera companies such as the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Australia , businesses, educational institutions, libraries, foundations, guilds, and opera artists such as singers and composers. The organization has been led by President and CEO Marc A. Scorca since 1990. Hallmarks of Opera America Opera America s services have seven hallmarks . First is Timely Information , which is dedicated towards online and print newsletters and bulletins. Next, Opera s Advocate involves the raising of the profile of opera through formal programs. After this is Dedication to New Works , which is the encouraging of the creation and presentation of new ... care of through the next hallmark, which is Professional Development . Regional Meetings promote opera ... with other arts companies. Finally, Authoritative Knowledge the analysis of the opera industry ... Field Report and many studies available to member companies. Opera America also seeks to provide information to enhance the enjoyment of opera by adults and children. Music Words Opera is its education .... ref Opera America website. http www.operaamerica.org content education onlineLearning index.aspx .... The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ref Opera America website. http www.operaamerica.org ... by Giacomo Puccini tie The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tie H nsel und Gretel opera ... http www.operaamerica.org Opera America official website See also Deutscher B hnenverein for the equivalent .... Opera Europa for the sister organisation covering Europe Category Opera organizations Category ... more details
dablink This article is about the Croatian opera. For other uses, see Porin . Porin is a grand opera by Vatroslav Lisinski . The Croatian language Croatian text was by Dimitrija Demeter . It was Lisinski s second opera, the second for Croatia. It was composed during 1848 51 but not performed until 2 October 1897, when it was staged in Zagreb . Source Lisinski, Vatroslav by Lovro upanovi , in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , ed. Stanley Sadie London, 1992 ISBN 0 333 73432 7 Category Croatian language operas Category 1897 operas Category Operas Croatia stub opera stub hr Porin opera sh Porin opera uk ... more details
Expand Slovenian Ekvinokcij opera date March 2009 Equinox is a Slovene language Slovene language opera by the Slovenia n composer Marjan Kozina . Based on a play by the Croatia n writer Ivo Vojnovi , it was first performed in Ljubljana on May 2, 1946. References Refimprove date March 2009 translation ref sl Ekvinokcij opera Category 1946 operas Category Slovene language operas Category Operas Category Operas by Marjan Kozina opera stub sl Ekvinokcij opera ... more details
Longjiang opera Chinese language Chinese is one of the newest forms of Chinese opera . Its music is based on the tune of Errenzhuan and Lachangxi , and abosorbed some Dongbei folk music styles. It was named as Longjiang opera officially in August 1960. ref Long Yin. Longjiangju . Ecyclopedia of China Chinese opera edition . 1st ed. ref . References reflist Category Chinese opera China stub ... more details
The Kentucky Opera is the state opera of Kentucky , located in Louisville, Kentucky Louisville . The operas are accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra . Founded in 1952 by Moritz von Bomhard, it is the twelfth oldest opera company in the United States and has a more than 2 million budget. The Kentucky Opera is an important part of theater in Kentucky . In January 2006, David Roth was announced as the new general director of Kentucky Opera. Roth had been with Fort Worth Opera since 2000 where he was both Director of Production and Director of Finance. Performance history The 2004 2005 season included Massenet s Tha s opera Tha s , Rossini s La Cenerentola , and Puccini s Madama Butterfly . The 2005 2006 season included Tchaikovsky s Eugene Onegin opera Eugene Onegin , Adamo s Little Women , and Rossini s The Barber of Seville . Onegin was the company s first ever production to be performed in Russian. The 2006 2007 season included Puccini s La Boh me , Donizetti s Lucia di Lammermoor , and Bizet s The Pearl Fishers . The 2007 2008 season included Puccini s Turandot , Verdi s Il Trovatore ... opera Samson and Delilah starring Metropolitan Opera star Denyce Graves. The 2008 2009 season included Verdi s Otello , Gilbert and Sullivan s Pirates of Penzance , a showcase of baroque opera ... Opera moved their entire season to the newly renovated Brown Theatre on Broadway. The season opened with Puccini s blockbuster, La Traviata , starring Metropolitan Opera star, Elizabeth Futral. The remainder ... The Marriage of Figaro , Carmen , A da , The Flying Dutchman opera The Flying Dutchman and Salome opera Salome among many others. External links http www.kyopera.org Official website http www.ket.org trips opera about.htm Information from KET Category Musical groups established in 1952 Category Arts organizations in Louisville, Kentucky Category American opera companies Opera company stub Louisville stub fr Kentucky Opera ... more details
Opera Delaware is a professional operaopera company located in Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington , Delaware ref http www.operaamerica.org about membership states de.asp OPERA America The National Service Organization for Opera Bot generated title broken link ref . The company was founded in 1944 and is one of the oldest professional opera companies in the United States. To date the company has staged 198 productions of 104 operas by 55 composers. Opera Delaware has also presented 19 world premieres 18 of their repertoire and three U.S. premieres. ref http www.grandopera.org partners Grand Opera House Artistic Partners Bot generated title ref The company offers three fully staged productions during an annual season and has frequently received positive reviews for its productions in such publications as Opera News and the New York Times . ref http www.metoperafamily.org operanews review review.aspx?id 913&issueID 50 Opera News The Met Opera Guild Bot generated title ref In 2005 Opera News said, Now in its sixtieth season, Opera Delaware continues to provide quality productions that both entertain and involve the community it serves. Their new production of Gershwin s Porgy and Bess is superbly produced and led by an all around stellar cast. The company performs its productions at the historic Grand Opera House Wilmington, Delaware Grand Opera House . ref http www.operade.org Opera Delaware 2007 2008 Bot generated title ref See also Portal Delaware Music of Delaware References Reflist External links http www.operade.org OperaDelaware website http www.grandopera.org Grand Opera House website http www.artsdel.org Delaware Division of the Arts website Category American opera companies Category Wilmington, Delaware Category Musical groups established in 1944 Category Wilmington Riverfront Opera company stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The Bronx Opera is a Bronx, New York opera company founded in 1967 by artistic director and music director Michael Spierman . The company performs two operas a year, both with full orchestra, one lesser known opera in the fall, and an opera from the List of important operas Standard repertoire in the spring. Performances are at Lehman College , Hunter College , and Hofstra University . Origins In 1966, a group of musicians were attempting to put together a performance of Handel s MESSIAH. While this performance never happened, it was the genesis of what became the Bronx Opera. Michael Spierman, a recent graduate of New York University s University Heights campus in The Bronx now Bronx Community College of the City University of New York took the hub of the group that was to perform the Handel and combined it with his intention to form an opera company that would be based at the Bronx NYU campus. This organization was to be known as the Heights Opera. It was as the Heights Opera Company that the group first performed on November 24, 1967, at Vladeck Hall of the Amalgamated Housing Corporation. The opera was Mozart s Cosi fan tutte . External links http www.bronxopera.org The Bronx Opera website Category The Bronx Category New York opera companies nyc stub Opera company stub ... more details
Opera Europa is the international service organisation for professional opera companies and opera festivals ... going back to 1995, Opera Europa gained its present format and name in 2002, on the merger of the European Opera Network and the Eurolyrica associations. ref name oehist Opera Europa website. http opera europa.org view.asp?id 340 The beginnings of Opera Europa a short chronicle ref It had 116 member companies in 36 different countries as at June 2011. ref name oemem Opera Europa website. http opera ..., and offers reciprocal membership benefits with Opera America . ref name oeabout Opera Europa website. http opera europa.org view.asp?id 57 About Us pages ref European Opera Days Opera Europa co ordinates the annual European Opera Days when opera companies across Europe open their doors to the general public, with opera house tours, open rehearsals, talks and special events both in and outside ... http operadays.eu European Opera Days website Retrieved 13 Aug 2011. ref European Opera directing Prize EOP In collaboration with the Camerata Nuova e.V. in Wiesbaden , Opera Europa supports a biennial competition, the European Opera directing Prize EOP, in German Europ ischen Opernregie Preis for young opera directors and design teams up to the age of 35. Competition is fierce with more than 200 ... opera company, receiving mentoring and support for this process. ref name oeeop Opera Europa website. http opera europa.org view.asp?id 547 European Opera directing Prize . Retrieved 3 June 2011. ref class wikitable Year Opera Winning team Premiere Sponsoring company 2001 Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven ... Mattie Ullrich costumes style text align right 22 Apr 2006 Opera Ireland , Dublin 2007 Rusalka Anton n ... 2008 Latvian National Opera , Riga 2009 La finta giardiniera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart Anna ... style text align right Oct 2012 As.Li.Co. , Como and tour References Reflist Sources http opera europa.org Opera Europa website http www.camerata nuova.com Camerata Nuova e.V., Wiesbaden website de ... more details
The Tampere Opera , established in 1946 , is an opera house based in Tampere , Finland . The opera is run by guest artists. Their orchestra is the Tampere Filharmonia . The choir is composed of 80 singers and is led by Heikki Liimola . The first visit abroad of Tampere Opera was in 2005 , when they visited the National Theatre Prague National Theatre in Prague . External links http www.tampere talo.fi Ooppera Tampere OperaOpera company stub Category Finnish music Category Tampere coord 61 29 44 N 23 46 48 E region FI type landmark display title fi Tampereen Ooppera ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Wiktionary A horse opera , or hoss opera , is a western movie or TV western television series that is extremely cliched or formulaic in the manner of a soap opera . The term, which was originally coined by silent film era Western star William S. Hart , is used variously to convey either disparagement or affection. The name horse opera was also derived in part from the musical sequences frequently featured in these films and TV series which depicted a cowboy singing to his horse on screen. The term horse opera is quite loosely defined it does not specify a distinct sub genre of the western fiction western as space opera does with regard to the science fiction genre . DEFAULTSORT Horse Opera Category Film and video terminology Film term stub ja sh Konjska opera ... more details
Berlin Opera usually refers to one of the three opera house s in Berlin , Germany Berlin State Opera Staatsoper Unter den Linden State Opera Unter den Linden Opened in 1742 as K nigliche Hofoper Royal Court Opera , sometimes also known as Lindenoper Linden Opera , renamed State Opera in 1918, destroyed during World War II . Rebuilt in 1955, renamed Deutsche Staatsoper German State Opera by the East Berlin officials in charge of the opera house at that time. Following the German Reunification , the old name Staatsoper Unter den Linden was adopted again. Closed for renovation between 2010 and 2013, with performances taking place at Schillertheater instead. Deutsche Oper Berlin German Opera Berlin Opened in 1912 as Deutsches Opernhaus German Opera House , renamed St dtische Oper Metropolitan Opera in 1925, destroyed in World War II . Performances took place at Theater des Westens , until the newly built opera house second largest in Germany opened in 1961, now called Deutsche Oper Berlin , serving as the only opera house for West Berlin . Komische Oper Berlin Comical Opera Berlin Opened in 1892 as Theater Unter den Linden , in 1898 renamed Metropol Theater . Destoyed in World War II, refounded as Komische Oper Berlin in 1947, rebuilt in 1966. Additionally, the term may refer to the Kroll Opera House Krolloper Kroll Opera House , which was founded in 1849, rebuilt in 1895 following a fire as Neues K nigliches Operntheater New Royal Opera Theatre , later known as Krolloper . It served as seat for the Reichstag Weimar Republic Reichstag following the Reichstag Fire in 1933 especially ratification of the Enabling Act , and was destroyed in World War II it has not been rebuilt. disambig ... more details
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