Opera in German is that of the German-speaking countries, which include Germany, Austria, and the historic German states that pre-date those countries...
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opera typified by the works of Daniel Auber and Giacomo Meyerbeer as well as Carl Maria von Weber's introduction of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic...
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The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since...
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Chinese opera (traditional Chinese: 戲曲; simplified Chinese: 戏曲; pinyin: xìqǔ; Jyutping: hei3 kuk1), or Xiqu, is a form of musical theatre in China with...
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Theatre, the National Theatre, in 1883 indirectly created a longing among the Prague German community for a German-speaking opera house of its own. At that...
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A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 November 1975, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and...
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The history of opera in the English language commences in the 17th century. In England, one of opera's antecedents in the 16th century was an afterpiece...
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The Metal Opera is the first full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a metal opera. The album...
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The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by...
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Italian opera Opera in German French opera Opera in English Spanish opera Russian opera Opera in Dutch Finnish opera Hungarian opera Polish opera Opera in Arabic...
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Deutsche Oper am Rhein (redirect from German Opera on the Rhine)
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera on the Rhine) is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical...
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origins of opera in late 16th century Italy, a central repertoire has developed, shepherded by major opera composers. The earliest major opera composer...
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Streets: A Rock Opera (often simply shortened to Streets) is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Savatage and is a rock opera dealing with...
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(German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera...
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Fierrabras, D 796, is a three-act German opera with spoken dialogue written by the composer Franz Schubert in 1823, to a libretto by Joseph Kupelwieser...
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37056°E / 52.51861; 13.37056 The Kroll Opera House (German: Krolloper, Kroll-Oper) in Berlin, Germany, was in the Tiergarten district on the western edge...
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The art form known as opera originated in Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, though it drew upon older traditions of medieval and Renaissance...
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The Opera" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 10, 2013. "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack / Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom Of The Opera". Hung...
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Semperoper (redirect from Semper Opera House)
The Semperoper (German pronunciation: [ˈzɛmpɐˌʔoːpɐ] ) is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall...
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Vienna Opera Ball (German: Wiener Opernball) is an annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna...
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Christine Görner (category 20th-century German women opera singers)
Christine Görner (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtiːnə ˈɡœʁnɐ]; 15 June 1930 – 30 October 2024) was a German actress and opera singer. Based at the Staatstheater...
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Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar...
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The Bavarian State Opera (German: Bayerische Staatsoper) is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and...
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Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued...
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Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria Cairo Opera House, Cairo Damanhur Opera House, Damanhur Khedivial Opera House, Cairo (burnt in 1971) Port Said Opera House...
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in Brussels in 1830 sparked off a revolution which led to the creation of Belgium. Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) Founded German Romantic opera in order...
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created the field of German opera. The most popular living German composer is probably film score composer Hans Zimmer. German popular music of the 20th...
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traditional use of binoculars at opera performances. Magnification power below 5× is usually desired in these circumstances in order to minimize image shake...
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The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated...
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(pronounced [ˈloːənˌɡʁiːn] in German), WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of...
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