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Travesty or Trouser Roles in Opera
In 17th and 18th century Italian opera, adolescent boys and young men were often played by castrati. As castrati singers died out, women dressed as men took on the roles.
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Opera Synopsis - Mozart's Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni was commissioned for Opera Prague, opening on October 29, 1787. Based on a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, it is one of many versions of the story of Don Juan.
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Opera Guide—The Gondoliers
Guide to the plot, characters and history of The Gondoliers, or the King of Barataria (1889), Gilbert & Sullivan's last successful collaboration.
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Opera Guide—The Consul
Guide to the plot, characters and history of The Consul, an opera in three acts by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti.
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Opera Guide– Margaret Garner
Margaret Garner, an opera by Richard Danielpour, is based on the story of the runaway slave. Toni Morrison wrote the libretto based on her novel Beloved.
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Opera Guide– Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury is the earliest surviving comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan. The story concerns a breach-of-promise case.
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Opera Guide– Rip Van Winkle
Guide to the folk opera Rip Van Winkle by the American composer Reginald de Koven, based on the short story by Washington Irving.
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Opera Guide– Robin Hood
Guide to the characters and story of Robin Hood, a comic opera by the American composer Reginald de Koven, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith.
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Opera Guide– H.M.S. Pinafore
Guide to the characters and story of H.M.S. Pinafore, an operetta by the English comic opera team Gilbert & Sullivan.
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Opera Guide– The Mikado
Guide to the plot, characters, and history of The Mikado, a comic operetta by Gilbert & Sullivan, which uses the background of Japan to satirize governmental bureaucracy.
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Rimsky-Korsakov Opera The Golden Cockerel
Opera The Golden Cockerel (Le Coq d'Or) by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: plot synopsis, character description, and other Rimsky-Korsakov opera information.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Opera Sadko
Opera Sadko by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: plot synopsis, character description, and other Rimsky-Korsakov opera information.
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Porgy and Bess: An American Folk Opera
The idea of Porgy and Bess as a folk opera was born in October 1926 after George Gershwin completed reading Porgy, a newly published novel by DuBois Heyward.
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Alexander Borodin Opera Prince Igor
Opera Prince Igor, based a medieval epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign by Alexander Borodin: opera plot summary, character list, and other Borodin opera information.
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Carlisle Floyd Opera Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights, an English opera adaptation by Floyd Carlisle of Emily Brontë's novel: opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams The Poisoned Kiss
The Poisoned Kiss, an English romance extravaganza by Ralph Vaughan Williams: opera plot summary, character list, and other Vaughan Williams opera information.
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George Handel Acis and Galatea
Acis and Galatea, an English opera by G.F. Handel: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Handel opera information.
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Rimsky-Korsakov Opera Snow Maiden
Snow Maiden, a Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Rimsky-Korsakov opera information.
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Thomson Opera The Mother of Us All
Opera in English 'The Mother of Us All' by Virgil Thomson. Plot synopsis, character list, and opera information on Susan Anthony, Women's Suffrage Advocate.
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Two Operas on Lord Byron
Operas on Lord Byron and His Love Letter, one composed by V. Thomson and another, by R. De Banfield. Opera plot synopses, character roles, and other information.
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Janácek From the House of the Dead
From the House of the Dead (Z Mrtveho Domu), a Czech opera by Janácek. Opera plot synopsis, character list, and other opera information.
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Mussorgsky Opera Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is a Russian opera by Modest Mussorgsky. Opera plot synopsis, character list, and other opera information.
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Stravinsky The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress, a morality play by Igor Stravinsky. Drama plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Stravinsky Opera Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), a tragic Latin opera oratorio by Igor Stravinsky. Drama plot summary, character list, and other information.
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Tippett The Midsummer Marriage
The Midsummer Marriage, an English fantasy by Michael Tippett: opera plot summary, character list, and other Tippett opera information.
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Britten Opera The Rape of Lucretia
The Rape of Lucretia, an English tragedy opera by Benjamin Britten: opera plot summary, character list, and other Britten opera information.
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Bernstein Opera A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place, a psychological drama by Leonard Bernstein: opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades), a Russian tragedy drama by Tchaikovsky: opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Benjamin Britten Opera Billy Budd
Billy Budd, a tragic English opera by Benjamin Britten. Billy Budd opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Britten Opera Albert Herring
Albert Herring, a comic English opera by Benjamin Britten. Albert Herring opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Carl Maria von Weber Opera Oberon
Oberon (The Elf King's Oath), an English romantic fairy opera by Carl M. von Weber: opera plot synopsis, character description and other C.M. von Weber opera information.
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