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 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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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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The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth...
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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 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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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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""A+Teenage+Opera"&cat=s Keith West – Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera"" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. "Keith West – Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera"" (in German). GfK...
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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 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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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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(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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genres of comic opera, incorporating the Italian and French models along with their own musical traditions. Examples include German singspiel, Viennese...
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history of opera has a relatively short duration within the context of the history of music in general: it appeared in 1597, when the first opera, Dafne,...
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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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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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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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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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A Night at the Opera is the seventh studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian, released in 2002. It is named after the 1975 Queen album...
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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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entirely plastic. London Opera Glass Company Monocular Spotting scope Opera Opera hat Opera cloak Opera gloves "How to Choose Opera Glasses". Archived from...
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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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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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in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in New York in 1988, in a...
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Russian opera (Russian: Ру́сская о́пера Rússkaya ópera) is the art of opera in Russia. Operas by composers of Russian origin, written or staged outside...
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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...
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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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(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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