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English Opera or The English Opera may refer to:

  • Opera in English, performed since the 17th century
  • The English National Opera, an English opera company founded by Lilian Baylis, originally based at Sadler's Wells Theatre
  • The Lyceum Theatre, London, commonly known as "The English Opera" or "The English Opera House" until the 1840s
  • The English Opera Company, managed by Louisa Pyne and William Harrison which set up residence in Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House
  • The Palace Theatre, London, originally named the Royal English Opera House and intended as a home for English Grand Opera
  • English's Opera House, a former theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Opera in English

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The history of opera in the English language commences in the 17th century. In England, one of opera's antecedents in the 16th century was an afterpiece...

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English Opera

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English Opera or The English Opera may refer to: Opera in English, performed since the 17th century The English National Opera, an English opera company...

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English National Opera

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English National Opera (ENO) is a British opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal...

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Opera

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provides funds to Opera North, the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera, and English National Opera. Between 2012 and 2015, these four opera companies along...

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English Touring Opera

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English Touring Opera (ETO) is an opera company in the United Kingdom founded in 1979 under the name Opera 80 by the then-existing Arts Council of Great...

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English Opera Group

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The English Opera Group was a small company of British musicians formed in 1947 by the composer Benjamin Britten (along with John Piper, Eric Crozier...

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Origins of opera

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composition considered opera, as understood today, although with only five instrumental parts it was much more like a chamber opera than either the preceding...

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History of opera

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history of opera has a relatively short duration within the context of the history of music in general: it appeared in 1597, when the first opera, Dafne,...

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. Under the supervision...

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English Pocket Opera Company

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English Pocket Opera Company is an opera company based in the south of England. EPOC was founded in 1993 by Mark Tinkler and Annabel Lee. It works with...

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Outline of opera

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Italian opera Opera in German French opera Opera in English Spanish opera Russian opera Opera in Dutch Finnish opera Hungarian opera Polish opera Opera in...

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List of prominent operas

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origins of opera in late 16th century Italy, a central repertoire has developed, shepherded by major opera composers. The earliest major opera composer...

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Comic opera

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singspiel, Viennese operetta, Spanish zarzuela, Russian comic opera, English ballad and Savoy opera, North American operetta and musical comedy. In late 17th-century...

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Soap opera

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A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble...

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List of operas by George Frideric Handel

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Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres. Though his large scale English language works...

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William Alwyn

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Theatre Dublin Farewell, Companions, Radio opera (1955); libretto by H.A.L. Craig Juan, or The Libertine, opera in 4 acts (1965–1971); libretto by the composer...

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Henry Purcell

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Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest English opera composers, Purcell has been assessed with John Dunstaple and William...

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George Frideric Handel

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his age. Handel started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. In 1737, he had a physical breakdown, changed...

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The Threepenny Opera

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translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt...

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