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    equivalent grand opéra, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃t‿ɔpeʁa]) to certain productions of the Paris Opéra from the late 1820s to around 1860; 'grand opéra' has sometimes...
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    Opera cake (French: Gâteau opéra) is a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as Joconde in French) soaked in coffee syrup, layered...
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  • The following list gives number of performances of grand opera at the Paris Opera from premiere to 1962, (as given by Stéphane Wolff, Albert Soubies and...
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    Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and three local...
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    Lakmé. Their operas formed another genre, the opéra lyrique, combined opéra comique and grand opera. It is less grandiose than grand opera, but without...
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    others from Berruer's models. The interior grand staircase served as a model for the grand staircase of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the ceiling of the...
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    Loew's Grand Theater, originally DeGive's Grand Opera House, was a movie theater at the corner of Peachtree and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia...
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    The Hanoi Opera House (French: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội, French: Grand Opéra) is an opera house in central...
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    associated with a particular theatre, for example opéra comique at the theatre of the same name, or opéra bouffe at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens. This...
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    example of the Italian genre of Grande opera, the equivalent of French Grand-Opéra. Ponchielli revised the work three times; the fourth and final version was...
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    The Grand Opera House was a theatre located at 119 North Clark Street in Chicago, Illinois. Established by Chicago impresario John A. Hamlin, the theatre...
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    the number of Parisian opera houses to three. These were the Opéra (for serious operas with recitative not dialogue); the Opéra-Comique (for works with...
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    Grand Théâtre, Angers Opéra-théâtre d'Avignon, Avignon Opéra Théâtre de Besançon, Besançon Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon (Opéra de...
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    confused with the French opéra comique and opéra bouffe. Comic characters had been a part of opera until the early 18th century, when opera buffa began to emerge...
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  • name, opéra comique is not necessarily comical or shallow in nature; Carmen, perhaps the most famous opéra comique, is a tragedy. The term opéra comique...
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    Eugène Scribe (category French opera librettists)
    ballet with music by Ferdinand Hérold, for the Paris Opéra. It was a landmark – the first time the Opéra had presented a ballet with a scenario by a leading...
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    Garnier Palace), also known as the Opéra Garnier (French: [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] , Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in...
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  • Grand Opera House may refer to: Grand Opera House, Sydney Grand Opera House (Toronto) Palais Garnier in Paris, often called the "Grand Opera House" Manila...
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  • Tuva Semmingsen (category 21st-century Norwegian women opera singers)
    Opera and for the Stockholm Opera. Performed in The Barber of Seville in Opéra de Nancy, Grand Opéra de Reims, Opéra de Lille and The Norwegian Opera...
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  • favorite (Donizetti). A grand opera in the French tradition. 1840 La fille du régiment (Donizetti). Donizetti's venture into French opéra comique. 1840 Bátori...
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  • The Manila Grand Opera House (Filipino: Marangal na Bahay-Opera ng Maynila, abbreviated MGOH) was a theater and opera house located in the district of...
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    55°16′18″E / 25.193954675°N 55.271553325°E / 25.193954675; 55.271553325 Opera Grand is a skyscraper in Downtown Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The developer...
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  • Opéra bouffe (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa buf], plural: opéras bouffes) is a genre of mid- to late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with...
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  • buffa Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffon Opéra comique Opéra féerie Opera semiseria Opera seria Operetta Pasticcio Pastorale héroïque Radio opera Rescue opera Romantische...
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    The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, IPA: [opeʁa də paʁi] ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV...
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  • libretto Ninette à la cour as adapted for Louis Joseph Saint-Amans' 2-act 1791 opéra-comique. Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 235. Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 236...
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    pieces from the opera. In 1869 a ballet had to be inserted (into the first scene of the final act) before the work could be played at the Opéra: it became...
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    of the first grand operas at the Paris Opéra. It has only a superficial connection to the medieval legend of Robert the Devil. The opera was immediately...
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  • The Grand Opera House was the name of two theatres located in St. Louis, Missouri on the same property on the south side of Market Street between Broadway...
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    Although originally reserved for less serious works, the term opéra comique came to refer to any opera that included spoken dialogue, including works such as...
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