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This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first commonly used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most composers used more precise designations to present their work to the public.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
Henze's first full-length opera is an updating of the story of Manon Lescaut, also the source for important operas by Massenet and Puccini. [222] 1953 Gloriana (Britten). Composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, this opera looks back to the relationship between her namesake Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. [223]
Down to Earth is a 1947 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks. It is a sequel to the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan, also directed by Hall. While Edward Everett Horton and James Gleason reprised their roles from the earlier film, Roland Culver replaced Claude Rains as Mr ...
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Judith Weir (born 1954) Began composing full-length operas in 1987 with A Night at the Chinese Opera. Shafiga Akhundova (21 January 1924 – 26 July 2013) was a prominent Azerbaijani composer, the first professional female author of an opera in the East. She is also The People’s Artist of Azerbaijan.
The Beggar's Opera: Johann Christoph Pepusch: John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, 1953 Peter Brook: Bluebeard's Castle: Béla Bartók: Béla Balázs: Herzog Blaubarts Burg, 1963 Michael Powell: La bohème: Giacomo Puccini: Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa: La Bohème, 1926 King Vidor: La Bohème, 1965 Franco Zeffirelli: La Bohème, 1988 Luigi Comencini ...
Produced by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, the play was performed at Stuttgart’s state opera in Germany over the weekend. “This Is Disturbing”: 18 People Require Medical ...