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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]] ...
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  • ...[[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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • | 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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • | 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 ...
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  • ...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}}". ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • | 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 ...
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  • ...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) ]] ...
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  • ...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. ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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. ...
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  • | 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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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