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The English word opera is an abbreviation of the Italian phrase opera in musica (“work in music”). It denotes a theatrical work consisting of a dramatic text, or libretto (“booklet”), that has been set to music and staged with scenery, costumes, and movement.
opera, Entirely musical drama consisting of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment, typically punctuated with orchestral overtures and interludes. Opera emerged at the end of the 16th century in Florence, fueled by the convergence of several cultural currents, including an established tradition of musical theatre, a desire to experiment ...
Opera is a type of classical music. It is also a mix of several art forms. Like actors in the theater, opera singers act out a story on a stage. An orchestra plays the music. Opera often features ballet or other types of dance, too.
Opera is a drama sung to the accompaniment of an orchestra. Although the fabric of the opera may be interrupted by spoken dialogue or recitatives accompanied by a keyboard or by the orchestra, the distinguishing feature is that the drama is conveyed by and through music.
Opéra, Parisian opera house designed by Charles Garnier. The building, considered one of the masterpieces of the Second Empire style, was begun in 1861 and opened with an orchestral concert on Jan. 5, 1875.
Western music - Opera, Libretto, Arias: The opera remained a flourishing medium throughout the 19th century, and Italian opera continued as the dominant type during the first half of the century in the hands of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti.
Opera - German, Austrian, Romantic: Richard Strauss was greeted as the obvious heir to Wagner (and Liszt). His worldwide reputation was already established by his orchestral music and lieder (German art songs) when he turned to opera for the first time.
Tosca, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political
Paris Opéra, opera company in Paris that for more than two centuries was the chief performer of serious operas and musical dramas in the French language. It is one of the most venerable operatic institutions in the world.
The Sydney Opera House is an opera house located on Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), New South Wales, Australia. Its unique use of a series of gleaming white sail-shaped shells as its roof structure makes it one of the most-photographed buildings in the world.