opera
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Wagner’s four-part “Ring” cycle, of which “Die Walküre” is the second opera, strongly influenced the “Star Wars” films Dudamel grew up with.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Pushkin’s text eventually became the libretto that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov employed in his opera of the same name.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
There have been many explanations for his decision to stop composing opera in 1829, when he was only 37 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
She names Italian opera star Cecilia Bartoli, Whitney Houston, late French rocker Johnny Hallyday and Celine Dion as her sources of inspiration.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
In the enormous whale-belly of steel and stone carved out to form the long-enduring old opera house, Rick Deckard found an echoing, noisy, slightly miscontrived rehearsal taking place.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing opera
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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