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Are you hoping to introduce your child to the finer things in life like good food, dancing and music? Has grandma offered to take her to an opera and you are hoping she doesn’t get restless before the curtain has even gone up? You can help prepare your child for going to the opera by following these easy steps. more »
Boston was at one time home to two opera houses. The first Boston Opera House was built in 1909 and demolished in 1958 after it was deemed unsafe. The second was originally the B.F. Keith Theater built in 1928 as a movie palace. It was converted and renamed the Boston Opera House in 1978 by the Opera Company of Boston. more »
As with nearly everything else, the dress code for the theater has relaxed quite a bit over the past half century. Once upon a time that was not too long ago, anyone heading to a theater hosting a performance of Phantom of the Opera would not have dreamed of showing up without being dressed up. A Broadway audience would routinely see... more »
Soap operas are the a guilty pleasure of millions of viewers. But for the uninitiated, following a soap plot is confusing. Characters behave scandalously and their relationships are hopelessly complicated. To muddy things further, soap plot twists are highly improbable. But these things are what make soap operas entertaining. There... more »
The Phantom of the Opera was a book written by Gaston Leroux, published originally in French (titled La Fantome de l'Opera) in 1909. Since then, it has been adapted into several musicals and many films, the most famous being the musical and movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera. Leroux's version has a few major... more »
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Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score.Some definitions of opera: "dramatic performance or composition of which music is an essential part, branch of art concerned with this" (Concise Oxford English Dictionary); "any dramatic work that can be sung (or at times declaimed or spoken) in a place for performance, set to original music for singers (usually in costume) and instrumentalists" (Amanda Holden, Viking Opera Guide); "musical work for the stage with singing characters, originated in early years of 17th century" (Pears Cyclopaedia, 1983 ed.). Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.Comparable art forms from various other parts of the world, many of them ancient in origin, are also sometimes called "opera" by analogy, usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region (for example, Chinese opera). These independent traditions are not derivative of Western opera, but are rather distinct forms of musical theatre. Opera is also not the only type of Western musical theatre: in the ancient world, Greek drama featured singing and instrumental accompaniment; and in modern times, other forms such as the musical have appeared. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.
Opera started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (with Jacopo Peris lost Dafne, produced in Florence around 1597) and soon spread through the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, Lully in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. However, in the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe, except France, attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck r read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera
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