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- ...lled Albany for decades. Some occurrences in the novel are based on actual events. Many of Kennedy's older relatives were minor figures in the machine. [[Category:American novels adapted into operas]] ...2 KB (286 words) - 16:11, 18 December 2024
- ...[[chamber opera]]) by [[composer]] [[Philip Glass]]. The libretto is based on the life and [[homicide]] trial of 19th-century English [[photographer]] [[ ...s lover, and was acquitted by a jury against the instructions of the judge on the ground of justifiable homicide. His trial is well-known because his def ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 07:11, 6 May 2025
- ...a Theatre]], [[Cincinnati Opera]] and [[Opera Philadelphia]], it premièred on 7 May 2005 at the [[Detroit Opera House]] in Detroit, Michigan with [[Denyc ...ration for her novel ''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]''. This is one of a few operas written about the [[African-American]] experience; other notable examples a ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 17:53, 15 January 2024
- ...eras, and its popularity even overshadowed [[Mikhail Glinka|Glinka]]’s two operas. It is a romantic opera with spoken dialogue, influenced by [[Carl Maria vo ...a. The opera was first staged at the [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi]] in Moscow on 16 September 1835, a year before [[Mikhail Glinka|Glinka]]'s ''[[A Life for ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 16:09, 27 February 2025
- | caption = The logo appearing on the series' title screen ...take place on such special occasions as [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]]; also on important election days (especially general elections to the [[German Bunde ...12 KB (1,757 words) - 09:40, 1 July 2025
- ...use the word ''libretto'' to refer to the 15- to 40-page books which were on sale to 19th century ballet audiences in Paris and contained a very detaile Libretti for operas, [[oratorio]]s and [[cantata]]s in the 17th and 18th centuries were general ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 19:03, 10 October 2025
- | subject = The aftereffects of psychological damage on people in a country emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship. ...]]. The world premiere was staged at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London on 9 July 1991, directed by [[Lindsay Posner]]. It had one reading and one wor ...8 KB (1,162 words) - 14:23, 27 February 2025
- ...t into a roaring success after three days. The play's title might be a pun on [[Tirso de Molina]]'s earlier play ''[[The Trickster of Seville and the Sto ...Mozart|Mozart]] wrote a set of 12 variations, [[Köchel catalogue|K. ]]354, on one of Baudron's songs, "{{Lang|fr|Je suis Lindor|italic=no}}". ...15 KB (2,585 words) - 01:33, 30 April 2025
- ...rist attraction than an actual living form of culture. While Celtic music on the island may appear to some to be stronger than ever due to the promotion ...asses at [[Colonel Gray High School]] in Charlottetown. Other festivities, events and locations promoting local traditional music culture include: Rollo Bay ...8 KB (1,192 words) - 09:29, 1 May 2025
- ...eplaced in the actual ''intermedio'' by Cavalieri's virtuosic number based on the ''[[Aria del Gran Duca]]'' which became popular all over Europe and occ Emilio de' Cavalieri died on 11 of March 1602 in [[Rome]]. He is buried in Cappella de' Cavalieri in [[S ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 16:21, 17 August 2024
- | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Makropulos Affair|Věc Makropulos]]''|[[Karel Čapek]]}} ...acts, with music and libretto by [[Leoš Janáček]]. Janáček based his opera on the [[Play (theatre)|play]] ''[[Věc Makropulos]]'' by [[Karel Čapek]]. Comp ...21 KB (3,068 words) - 04:28, 18 June 2025
- ...formed in the [[Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre]] of [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, on 29 October 1862 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]] (N.S. 10 November). ...|thumb|Poster of the Premiere at Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 10 November 1862 (N.S.) (O.S. 29 October 1862) ]] ...23 KB (3,471 words) - 19:38, 28 June 2025
- ...actual concert hall operation, which in various chambers hosts over 1,000 events each year, as well as Ireland's [[National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)|Nat ...reland, the [[Hallé Orchestra]] gave two concerts at the Exhibition Palace on 26 October 1878. ...10 KB (1,414 words) - 13:39, 29 June 2025
- ...al forms of African-American music at the time. It was primarily [[piano]]-based, and could be performed by a single person (more like the blues) or by an e ...ares strong similarities with German polka music, with the strong emphasis on beats 2 and 4. Both styles also rely upon 7th and 9th chords, resulting in ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 03:15, 11 June 2025
- ...imself in the setting of the soap opera he works on, and anything he types on his typewriter happens. The film used [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s 1982 [ ...broken up with her boyfriend Dennis, the actor who plays Dr. Paul Kirkwood on the show, and wishes to accompany Jack. As Jack loads their luggage into th ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 19:29, 22 May 2025
- ...y]] performance took place at the [[August Wilson Theatre|ANTA Playhouse]] on 26 October 1965. The production by the [[Theatre Guild]] was the same as th ...ld Martin was omitted from the film). The screen version has been released on DVD. ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 23:49, 26 May 2025
- | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]''|[[Walter Scott]]}} ...f Walter Scott's [[The Bride of Lammermoor|original novel]] is based on an actual incident that took place in 1669 in [[Galloway]], although Scott transposed ...27 KB (3,893 words) - 09:37, 20 November 2025
- ...s a 2005 [[War film|war]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] based on the [[Christmas truce]] of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of [[Fr ...wn Prince]], sent the lead singer of the [[Berlin]] Imperial Opera company on a solo visit to the [[Western Front (World War I)|front line]]. Singing by ...22 KB (3,151 words) - 15:58, 16 March 2025
- ...era (under the title ''Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione'') took place on 20 February 1816 at the [[Teatro Argentina]], Rome,<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=20- ...'[[The Marriage of Figaro]],'' composed 30 years earlier in 1786, is based on the [[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|second part]] of the Beaumarchais trilo ...30 KB (4,477 words) - 20:14, 30 July 2025
- ...hree acts by [[Giuseppe Verdi]]. The text, by [[Antonio Somma]], was based on [[Eugène Scribe]]'s libretto for [[Daniel Auber]]'s 1833 five act opera, '' ...me, as well as by the political situation in France in January 1858. Based on the Scribe libretto and begun as ''Gustavo III'' set in [[Stockholm]], it b ...29 KB (4,500 words) - 07:19, 8 June 2025