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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—Patience, by Gilbert & Sullivan
Guide to the plot, characters and history of Patience, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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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—Four Saints in Three Acts
Four Saints in Three Acts, an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, uses the metaphor of saints' lives to explore the role of the artist.
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Opera Guide—The Medium, by Gian Carlo Menotti
Guide to the plot, characters, and history of Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium.
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Opera Guide—Ruddigore, by Gilbert & Sullivan
Ruddigore (1887), the tenth opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, was an unsuccessful follow-up to their overwhelming popular Mikado.
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Douglas Moore Opera The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove, an English drama by Douglas Moore: opera plot summary, character list, and other Moore opera information.
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Where to Find Free Opera Scores Online
Free opera scores are a great resource for students, researchers, performers and opera fans. Here are the best sites to find free opera scores online.
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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 House Open Day Enthralls Sydney
On Sunday the Sydney Opera House threw its doors open to rain-drenched crowds, for the first open day in five years.
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Opera Guide– Amahl and the Night Visitors
Synopsis and history of Amahl and the Night Visitors, with libretto and music by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti.
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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– Thespis, by Gilbert & Sullivan
Thespis was the first Gilbert & Sullivan opera. It was never published, and most of the music was destroyed in a fire. Only two numbers remain.
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Opera Guide– Bianca, by Henry Kimball Hadley
Bianca (1918) is an American opera in one act by Henry Hadley, based on the play The Mistress of the Inn by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni.
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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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Opera Guide– The Pirates of Penzance
Guide to the characters, plot, and history of The Pirates of Penzance, an operetta by the English comic opera writers Gilbert & Sullivan.
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Opera Guide– La Dolores (Los Amantes de Teruel)
The 1895 Spanish opera La Dolores (Los Amantes de Teruel), composed by Tomás Bretón, concerns the plight of a woman mistreated by her lover.
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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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Benjamin Britten Opera Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes, an English tragic drama by Benjamin Britten: opera plot summary, character list, and other Britten opera information.
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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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Pope John Paul II's Poetry is Put to Music
Karol Wojtyla, before joining the Church and becoming The Pontiff was known to be a gifted poet . Placido Domingo has produced this CD of his poems set to music.
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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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Igor Stravinsky Opera The Nightingale
The Nightingale (Solovey), a lyric tale by Igor Stravinsky. Drama plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Bernard Herrmann Opera Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights, an English opera adaptation by Bernard Herrmann 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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Vaughan Williams Opera Sir John in Love
Sir John in Love, an English comedy 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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George Gershwin Opera Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess, an American opera by George Gershwin: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Gershwin 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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Douglas Moore Opera Carry Nation
Carry Nation, a drama by Douglas Moore: opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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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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