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    Bristow's 1855 Rip van Winkle opera. The 1882 Rip Van Winkle (operetta), a romantic opera adaptation. The 1901 novelty song "Rip Van Winkle was a Lucky...
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    The history of the architecture of Leipzig extends from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Numerous typical buildings and valuable cultural monuments...
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    English-language opera in three acts, with music by Jonathan Dove and libretto by April De Angelis. Commissioned by Glyndebourne Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera premiered...
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    Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (German: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany)...
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    31 (Klavierbüchlein für W. F. Bach)". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 3 March 2020. van Leyden, Rolf (1956). "Die Violinsonate BWV 1024" [The...
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    Melodien. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1932. OCLC 1068493434 Hess, Willy. Verzeichnis der nicht in der Gesamtausgabe veröffentlichen Werke Ludwig van Beethovens...
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    Complete works (redirect from Omnia opera)
    Bach) published 1851 to 1926 by the Bach Gesellschaft at Leipzig, in 46 volumes. The Opera Omnia Leonhard Euler, a compilation of the works of the mathematician...
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    for the opera house in the Oper am Brühl in Leipzig. The plot concerns the Roman general Germanicus. The opera was believed lost until 45 arias were discovered...
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    Matthias Goerne (category University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni)
    German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading...
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    Adam Friedrich Oeser (category Artists from Leipzig)
    Adam Friedrich Oeser (17 February 1717 in Pressburg – 18 March 1799 in Leipzig) was a German etcher, painter and sculptor. Oeser worked and studied in...
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    Christian Gottlob Neefe (category German opera composers)
    – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. He was known as one of the first teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. Neefe was born in Chemnitz...
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  • 1840 in music (section Opera)
    Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris. April 2 – Première of Ferdinand Hiller's oratorio, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, at the Leipzig Gewandhaus;...
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    Reichstag fire (redirect from Leipzig Trial)
    23) the court returned to Leipzig. The trial began at 8:45 on the morning of 21 September, with Van der Lubbe testifying. Van der Lubbe's testimony was...
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    Jonny spielt auf (category German-language operas)
    at the Neues Theater (Leipzig), the predecessor to the Leipzig Opera, on 10 February 1927. The work was quickly adopted by opera houses across Germany...
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    Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (category Operas by Kurt Weill)
    political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the Neues Theater in Leipzig. Some...
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  • Johann Baptist Henneberg (category Austrian opera composers)
    Henneberg also created several operas himself, which enjoyed great popularity at the time. In 1797 he composed together with Ludwig van Beethoven menuets and allemandes...
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    Bruno Walter (category Music directors (opera))
    with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper...
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    Guido. 1911. Der Stil in der Musik. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. Adler, Guido. 1919. Methode der Musikgeschichte. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. Adler, Guido...
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  • Johannes Wildner (category Austrian opera directors)
    Conductor of Prague State Opera (1994–95) and First Permanent Conductor of Leipzig Opera (1996–98), Wildner was the General Music Director of the Neue Philharmonie...
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    Ryan Eggold (category American male soap opera actors)
    End, directed by Nick Martin, and has since appeared in productions of Leipzig, the LA Weekly Theater Award–winning production of Marat/Sade, and an original...
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    José Carreras (category 20th-century Spanish male opera singers)
    tenor from Spain who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on...
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    Johann Sebastian Bach (category Burials at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig)
    would have allowed Leipzig audiences, deprived of opera since 1720, to experience musical performances comparable to the royal opera in Dresden. These...
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    romanized: Yevgény Onégin, lit. 'jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn'), Op. 24, is an opera (designated as "lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr...
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    Elly Ameling (category 20th-century Dutch women opera singers)
    career mainly as a concert and lieder singer with some excursions into opera, and became world-renowned for her recitals of French and German songs and...
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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (category Austrian opera composers)
    Ponte operas, Così fan tutte, premiered in 1790. Around this time, Mozart made some long journeys hoping to improve his fortunes, visiting Leipzig, Dresden...
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    La damnation de Faust (category Opera world premieres at the Opéra-Comique)
    (Georg Solti recording) Thomas Moser, Susan Graham, José van Dam, Frédéric Caton Lyon Opera Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Kent Nagano Audio CD (7 August...
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  • Max Ettinger (category Austrian opera composers)
    composer, his literary operas were performed in Nuremberg, Hamburg, Munich, Kiel and Leipzig. He also worked again as a conductor in Leipzig (1920–1929) and...
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  • Christoph Genz (category 21st-century German male opera singers)
    opera houses of Lausanne, Cologne, Nancy, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, La Coruna and others. In 2000, Genz sang for the first time at the Hamburg State Opera....
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    Peter Schreier (category 20th-century German male opera singers)
    Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading...
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  • Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (baptized 8 April 1774 – 15 November 1815) was a brother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Kaspar van Beethoven was born...
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