opera
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We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Most arresting was the oldest opera represented here, Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” given an acute updating by director Eric Einhorn and Kelley Rourke, who devised the brilliantly calibrated English adaptation of the libretto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
By the age of four, Hayden was in US TV show One Life to Live, then at eight joined another soap opera, Guiding Light.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He also recalls first hearing a recording of Joan Hammond singing “O My Beloved Father” from Puccini’s opera, “Gianni Schicchi.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now,” he declared, “is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing opera
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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