| 单词 | grand opera |
| 例句 | French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I wonder how different my adolescence would have been had I been free But no, it is my parents I see—their optimism during those years when they were entertained by Italian grand opera. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in those pictures is the same man who was fascinated by Italian grand opera. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t doubt that she’d go far in grand opera judging by that performance. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1632, he imagines the raising of Lazarus like the climactic scene of a grand opera, and 10 years later, he presents it intimately, like chamber music. Review | The Rijksmuseum displayed ‘all the Rembrandts,’ and crowds went crazy 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z While grand opera — that enemy of social distancing — might be impossible for a time, that doesn’t mean opera can’t work. A Grand History of Small Operas 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “These years, with the added pressure that is on grand opera, maybe every year should count for two,” Mr. Gelb said. Metropolitan Opera Board to Have a New President 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z This is precisely commented on through the combination of country music and grand opera that figures on the soundtrack. The Killer Inside Me 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z It’s almost as much like the tragedies of ancient Greece as it is like Shakespeare, or perhaps grand opera, even though the characters belong to another social stratum, altogether, from the usual aristocrats of Verdi. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z From regional theaters to Broadway, and from local orchestras to grand opera houses, performing arts organizations are reporting persistent — and worrisome — drops in attendance. Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z It turns out that this isn’t really tragedy or farce, grand opera or opera buffa: it’s corporate promotion. ‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “It’s perfect for a sort of postmodern 21st-century opera, because it was basically a grand opera plot that subverted itself. She was an aspiring femme fatale, but she didn’t pull it off, thank heavens.” An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z While the recitatives look back to the 18th century, other passages anticipate Berlioz and the grand opera of Meyerbeer. Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z This year his first offering is one of Donizetti’s grand operas for the Paris Opera, heard in its original French rather than the more popular Italian version. Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Their ambitious new work, “JFK,” a grand opera, opened here on Saturday night at the Bass Performance Hall, drawing international attention to the company on its 70th anniversary. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z “It’s partly an aesthetic thing, because when they first took ‘Turn of the Screw’ to Paris in 1956, for example, it was just too far removed from the concept of grand opera,” he said. A British Opera, Still Gathering Fans, Arrives in Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “Billy Budd,” with an all-male cast, is at once a pulsing grand opera with massed choral scenes and lavish orchestration, and a penetrating psychological drama. Daniel Harding Brings the Opera ?Billy Budd? to Life 2010-04-30T18:39:00Z Mr. Little and Mr. Vavrek define the “grand” in grand opera in quantitative, not qualitative terms. ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z There he composed prodigiously in genres ranging from chamber music to grand opera. Silenced Voice, Heard Again 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z “I think it’s more nuanced. It’s not as big a story, in the sense that it seems a less likely candidate for grand opera than ‘Champion,’ but I think it feels like a bigger work.” A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Employing requisite elements of grand opera, like a plot-stopping ballet, the original version ran more than six hours. Wagner’s Early Operas Shouldn’t Be Mere Curiosities 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Bizet’s “Carmen” is an epitome of grand opera, and a huge thing to put on. Review | An abridged version of ‘Carmen’ falls short on time and drama 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The Swedish pop star was at a tiny, low-key club tucked into Café Opera, a ritzy nightspot here inside a grand opera house dating to 1895. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The tradition of French grand opera is difficult to place in houses today, but I would like to bring it back to something that is more reachable, to bring that back to the audience. A Tenor’s Met Opera Debut, Long Delayed, Is Worth the Wait 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Anchored by Bongiovanni's deadpan performance, the performers tear into their roles as if they were playing grand opera -- just the right tack for their overblown material. 'Thicker Than Water,' a sitcom with a side of spaghetti at Theatre West 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Bennett said in a statement that he was eager “to build upon the company’s tradition of presenting grand opera, while exploring new ways to increase its impact within the San Diego region and beyond.” San Diego Opera Names New Director 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Musically, it is the young Wagner’s attempt to do a German version of a French grand opera, and then some. Music Review: Wagner?s ?Rienzi? From Opera Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-01T00:07:03Z Shared bedrooms for three singing sisters in Salt Lake City and Palermo, Sicily, leading to shared stages in grand opera halls. Sister acts: Musical siblings share the spotlight at Seattle Opera, Meany Theater 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Elements of the intensely emotional Italian opera idiom of the mid-19th century are juxtaposed with strands of lighter, wryly comic scenes common in French grand opera of the period. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z Unlike the gods, ghosts and noblemen that have long peopled grand opera, his characters were ordinary, even marginal. Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z It's a grand opera of emotions to match, and the biggest of them belong to Brünnhilde. Ring cycle day four: every one of my preconceptions has been proved wrong 2013-07-29T16:37:59Z There are rising stars and superstars, performers based in Seattle and Denmark and Japan, and musical styles from solo to grand opera. 9 Seattle-area classical music performances to go to this fall 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z This remains the museum as school, but it succeeds in this mission because it is also grand opera and epic cinema, Aida and Ridley Scott. Museums should appeal to the heart 2010-06-28T09:59:00Z The influence of French grand opera, the tradition that Meyerbeer kickstarted, went far beyond the world of theatre, and Johnson has selected songs that show how seminal it was. This week's new live music 2012-12-29T00:06:11Z You hear influences of French grand opera as well German Romantic styles, including Weber and early Wagner. Shadow, and Support, of Government Follows Hungarian Opera 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The company’s general director, Alexander Neef, has made it a goal to create a more specific identity for the Paris Opera by commissioning research and programming the French grand opera that once flourished there. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z We do sometimes hear about the behaviour of audiences when – as in the case of French grand opera – it explains curiosities of the form, such as the requirement for a ballet in the second act. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z Vocally, several spectacular arias, hazardous unaccompanied passages and bold, effective choruses remind us why Meyerbeer was a vital figure in the development of French grand opera. Robert le diable; Basca awards; Queen's Medal for Music – review 2012-12-09T00:07:19Z The authors virtually ignore Philip Glass’s vast “Einstein on the Beach,” dismaying in a book that so sensitively deals with the significance of sheer duration in 19th-century grand opera and Wagner. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z But nearly three months after the virus scuttled the remainder of its season, the Deutsche Oper here became the first company to perform grand opera while complying with hygiene and distancing regulations. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z And the decision to produce a midscale piece, without the impact of grand opera or the intimacy of a chamber score, left it as awkwardly between worlds as its own characters. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Fry began as a translator of Bellini’s “Norma” and claimed that his “Leonora” was the first American grand opera upon its 1845 debut. Review: Douglas W. Shadle’s ‘Orchestrating the Nation’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z An obligatory ballet — this is French grand opera, after all — became a delightful showcase for Donizetti’s orchestral writing, with seductive, exotic melodies and flashy solos for a number of instruments. Review: Donizetti’s ‘La Favorite,’ a Rare Concert Performance in French at Caramoor 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The company was already in a difficult financial position before the scandal broke, battling the high costs of putting on grand opera amid a box office slump. Met Opera Accuses James Levine of Decades of Sexual Misconduct 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z If Giacomo Meyerbeer is remembered at all these days, it is for his grand operas, larger-than-life tragic works that profoundly influenced Richard Wagner. CD reviews: Eschenbach and Goerne take on somber Brahms 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Add to that his talent for songful melody and weakness for instrumental shock, and you have a fine cocktail for modern grand opera. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Like the United States, Egypt did not have a permanent national-scale ballet company until the 1950s, although it had a grand opera house in Cairo. Magda Saleh, Influential Egyptian Ballerina, Is Dead at 79 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z But the company’s departing, bulky, stage-filling simulacrum of ancient Egypt deserves an elegy for showing up, season after season, and finding the balance on which 19th-century grand opera relies: between awesome spectacle and intimate drama. After 31 Years, Farewell to the Met Opera’s Grand, Gaudy ‘Aida’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z I hear the chorus, it is a grand opera, Ah this indeed is music — that suits me. How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Or consider their remarkably similar reactions to the phenomenon of Parisian grand opera: their early envy of Meyerbeer, and the lasting impressions that his musical drama had on their attempts at high grandeur. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z At one point The New York Times described it as “the nonplay that is a pastiche of lines from Shakespeare, Aeschylus, 1930s movies, grand opera, TV commercials and comic books, in no apparent order.” John Vaccaro, Iconoclastic Director, Dies at 86 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z If “Porgy” is the Great American Opera, it is more for its score — an innovative and seamless blend of grand opera, Broadway, and invented spirituals and folk melodies — than for its subject matter. Review: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Returns to a New Opera Landscape 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The Opera Orchestra of New York offers concert versions of more esoteric grand operas and the spectacle of star singers stretching their comfort zones. Critic's Notebook: With City Opera?s Woes, Other Small Companies Step Up 2012-01-04T14:47:57Z It was acquiring a reputation for grand opera and Wagner, for serious singing and conducting, that had often been snobbishly regarded as the preserve of Covent Garden. The Earl of Harewood 2011-07-11T18:26:50Z Officials said in a news release that under Bennett, the company will continue to produce grand opera while also diversifying its season offerings to include "unexpected works in venues unique to the San Diego region." San Diego Opera names David Bennett as new general director 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Anna Kisselgoff wrote in The New York Times that it was “a superspectacle in the grandest of grand opera house traditions.” Dance: Natalia Makarova?s ?Bayad?re? at Ballet Theater 2010-05-13T14:34:00Z The Industry focuses on new operatic works, but outside the company, Sharon has a career directing grand opera and other stage works. Yuval Sharon residency to fortify L.A. Philharmonic's opera profile 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Posters up around Edinburgh and Glasgow are risking a romcom tagline – "A marriage of mutual misunderstanding" – to sell the show as cosy comedy rather than grand opera. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z Opera to broaden its audiences beyond the traditional grand opera crowd and to attract younger viewers. L.A. Opera broadens scope with post-apocalyptic 'Dog Days' at REDCAT 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z This might seem a daring project, taking a chance on the first grand opera from a hot composer and librettist team who have worked in more avant-garde circles. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He was swept up with enthusiasm for the heritage of French grand opera, with its massed choral scenes, romantic effusions and elaborate arias. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z When the company was first formed, there was much talk about whether Los Angeles had an appetite for grand opera. The Los Angeles Opera, Post-Plácido Domingo 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z For this adaptation of Schiller’s freely ahistorical play, set at the 16th-century Spanish court of Philip II, he painted the sprawling canvas of French grand opera in his own brooding colors. Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Think of Verdi's grandest of grand operas Aida and you probably think of pyramids, palm trees, art deco headdresses and maybe even a few elephants. In praise of ? David McVicar 2010-04-28T23:05:00Z The hero of “Bat Out of Hell,” directed with technological sturm und drang by the American Jay Scheib, is also irony-free, but in the mode of a heavily emoting lover from grand opera. Retrogressing in London With Meat Loaf and Adrian Mole 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z In her first season in Hanover, Berman scored a hit with Halévy’s religious potboiler “La Juive” — which, like Meyerbeer’s grand operas, faded from the repertory by the early 20th century. Reawakening the Antichrist (and Other Lost Opera Gems) 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z And its restraint keeps a sense of fluidity and lightness to the evening, rather than corseting it in the formal sets of grand opera. Review | A beautiful ‘Onegin’ takes a late bow at WNO 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Wagner may have had the French grand operas of Meyerbeer in mind when he wrote “Rienzi,” but the score exudes Italianate style. Music Review: Wagner?s ?Rienzi? From Opera Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-01T00:07:03Z After years spent building spectacular, state-of-the art opera houses in major metropolises and unheralded backwaters, China is experiencing a boom in Western-style grand opera production, opera education and original opera creation. East Is East, and West Is West, but the Twain Are Now Meeting in Opera 2010-12-31T23:22:09Z Conductor Yves Abel and the orchestra coped admirably and expeditiously with Offenbach’s score, which ranges from frothy operetta to grand opera in style. ‘Tales of Hoffmann’: Speight Jenkins goes out on a high note 2014-05-05T16:26:58Z ‘DON CARLO’ After a landmark Met premiere of the original five-act French version of Verdi’s grand opera last season, the company reverts to its long tradition of performing it truncated and in Italian. Classical Music and Opera This Fall: 59 Programs, Premieres and More 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z His hats were the grand opera of all time. What It Was Like to Be Photographed by Bill Cunningham 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z With a reduced orchestration and a company of 10 actors, his staging, with choreography by Bill T. Jones, won’t have the grandeur of grand opera or the dazzle of Broadway. ‘Carmen Jones’ Is Back, and Its Director Knows What You’re Thinking 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In 2005 Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker that “her smoky, penetrating, flatly expressive voice falls somewhere between grand opera and rural folk singing, and combines the best aspects of both.” Montserrat Figueras, Catalan Soprano, Dies at 69 2011-11-28T00:04:04Z Her vocal style, which can be steely but also malleable and even vulnerable, is ideally suited to grand opera. Review: A Singer Scales Back Her Grand-Opera Voice 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Some fans said they were offended by his comments that grand opera is “a dinosaur art form” that needs to adapt. Met’s Labor Woes Divide Opera Fans as Well as Participants 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z This score shows Rossini balancing the florid Italianate bel canto style with pioneering dramatic grandeur, setting the stage for the French grand opera era. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Racine’s play was largely ignored between the 17th and 20th centuries; “Les Huguenots,” like Meyerbeer’s other once-blockbuster grand operas, also more or less disappeared from the repertory. After 350 Years, Paris Still Defines Opera 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It is grand opera done grandly in an era of budget pressures and challenges in attracting new audiences. A Night (and Many Days) Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z While “Treemonisha” has been recorded multiple times, in orchestrations that can accommodate a grand opera house or an intimate theater, it is far from a staple of the repertoire. A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The grandest of grand operas, its staging that July night was a profusion of massive choruses against gigantic hieroglyphs. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z It is unexpected and beautiful; it is why people fall in love with grand opera. Santa Fe Opera breathes new life into epic Civil War tale ‘Cold Mountain’ 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z “Kings of War” takes the home-viewing pleasures associated with serial television portraits of cutthroat schemers, like those in “House of Cards” and “The Sopranos,” and magnifies them to the proportions of grand opera. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “It’s transparently obvious that social distancing and grand opera cannot go together,” Mr. Gelb said in a New York Times interview back then, as he announced the cancellation of the Met’s fall season. For the Met Opera, the Pandemic Could Be a Necessary Reset 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Absent for eight decades, Giacomo Meyerbeer’s grand opera “Les Huguenots” returned in triumph to the Opéra de Paris. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In his little comedy Saint-Saëns recalls the conflict between voluptuous Philistines and sanctimonious Hebrews in his grand opera Samson et Dalila, and Gounod in La colombe likewise parodies his own more pompous Faust. La princesse jaune/La colombe; La rondine – review 2013-07-13T23:05:23Z “Aida” may well be the grandest of the grand operas, but it needs inspired staging and exceptional voices in order to make Verdi’s masterpiece shine. Seattle Opera presents a spectacular “Aida” 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z To some extent, the trend is a matter of economics — grand opera is dauntingly expensive to produce — but it is also increasingly a matter of taste. San Francisco Joins the Growing World of Small Operas 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Although the narrative sometimes threatens to collapse into grand opera, Hill proves a promising if occasionally self-indulgent playwright who finds a surprising amount of humor in her play. Surprising humor on the road to 'Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers' 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z And the characters in “The Demons” are often seized with the kind of heightened emotions that makes Italian grand opera so intoxicating. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z “For some reason, they think an acceptable presentation of grand opera would not include the musicians.” A Digital Orchestra for Opera? Purists Take (and Play) Offense 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z By all means go to the major opera houses and hear big, grand operas. Curious About Classical Music? Here’s Where to Start 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z She said she considers the Met “the temple of grand opera,” so “to be there from the very beginning was a very great honor.” Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z As a story ballet, “Like Water for Chocolate” functions almost like a French grand opera. Review: A dazzingly danced 'Like Water for Chocolate' proves story ballet is bigger than ever 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z She saw a timeless human story that had been ignored for too long, worthy of the grand opera treatment. New opera takes on Tacoma's past expulsion of Chinese residents 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Why shouldn’t we have a true four-hour California grand opera by one of world’s leading opera composers, our state’s own “Götterdämmerung”? Review: There's less Gold Rush in John Adams' latest 'Girls of the Golden West,' but it's still gold 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The score includes one of the best-loved arias of French grand opera as well as several memorable duets with Samson, who will be sung by tenor Yonghoon Lee in his role debut. A star comes home to make her long-awaited Seattle Opera debut 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Abels transcribed her threads and wove them into grand opera, drawing inspiration from classical Americana, gospel music and Arabic modalities alike. How Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels turned an enslaved man's narrative into an opera 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “And I love country music,” said Mr. Warner, a trustee of the National Symphony more at home with grand opera than the Grand Ole Opry. John W. Warner, senator from Virginia and force on military affairs, dies at 94 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Paris Opera extends across the city in two grand opera houses: the historic Palais Garnier and its main theater, the modern Opéra Bastille. Gustavo Dudamel is Paris Opera's next music director. What does this mean for L.A.? 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z “Orlando,” an updating of Virginia Woolf’s novel, is a phantasmagoria of European cultural history on a vast and magnificently over-the-top grand opera scale that progresses, over three hours, from the 16th century to modern times. The power of 'Masaot' and Olga Neuwirth, the musical voice of the outsider 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “If ever there was a time for grand opera to become more flexible in terms on scheduling and more nimble in terms of reaction, now is the time.” Met Opera cuts season by 3 1/2 months, to shorten some shows 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z At its best, it is gratifying grand opera. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In the early scenes, Meyerbeer maximizes the local color and the popular flavor that bourgeois audiences expected from grand opera. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z And her ample frame, reviewers sometimes noted, cut an unpersuasive figure of the consumptive heroine — think of Mimì in Puccini’s “La Bohème” — that is grand opera’s stock-in-trade. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z This is set amid a vast grand opera canvas showing the complex interplay between political and religious tyranny. Review: Plácido Domingo is ageless as ever in 'Don Carlo,' opening the L.A. Opera season - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Indeed, in Sharon’s grand scheme for grand opera, one thing is also meant, in ways large and small, to lead illuminatingly to another. Unorthodox L.A. opera genius Yuval Sharon arrives on the world stage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z “Carmen” isn’t a grand opera by any means, but it isn’t a chamber opera, either. ‘Carmen Jones’ Review: The Return of a Troubled Love Story 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The main problem is that grand opera is a stylistic world unto itself, demanding lavish resources and idiosyncratic vocal styles. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He looked, I thought, like the hero of a grand opera in the moments before he meets his destiny. World Cup 2018: Amid Many Fouls and Occasional Joy, Mexico Pushes Past South Korea 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z In Browne’s world, jackets are worn small and shows are staged like grand operas. How a Salon Trash Can Turned a Design Brand Into a Phenomenon 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Long story short: he joined Ulaanbaatar’s police ensemble, worked his way back to university, then onwards to the grand opera houses of Russia and Europe. How Mongolia went wild for opera 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z It was grand opera crossed with “The Sopranos,” full of scandal and treacherous turns, entertaining and dangerous. The Shakespearean excesses and political intrigues that drove Africa's oldest strongman out of power 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Not all of his high C-flats, Cs, and D-flats landed on target, but his tone had the right lightness and brightness for grand opera—a slender but cutting blade. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In “Autumn”, a lyrical cabaret beside the grand opera of the “My Struggle” books, taboo memories and forbidden feelings disrupt the grown-up project of a compendium of fatherly wisdom. “Autumn”, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s new essays 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The festival serves to counter the shrinking audiences for the formal grand opera tradition. Opera pops up at NYC garage, dive bar, basketball court 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Unlike grand opera, in which all parts are sung, Opéra Comique intersperses song with spoken dialogue, like operetta in Britain or singspiel in Germany. With acrobats and cake, a Paris Opera celebrates its rebirth 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Unlike grand opera, in which all parts are sung, opéra comique intersperses song with spoken dialogue, like operetta in Britain or singspiel in Germany. With Acrobats and Cake, a Paris Opera Celebrates Its Rebirth 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The vanishing of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s once inescapable grand opera “Les Huguenots” is a mystery of musical history—almost a crime in need of solving. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Documentaries, plays and grand operas will be written about what was done to Hillary Clinton in the election of 2016. Hillary Clinton: Martyr of the Year 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Scully says if he stayed on the air, he would be "saying goodbye like in grand opera, where you say goodbye 12 different times." Report: Vin Scully says he won't call Dodgers playoff games 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Over the years I have been fortunate to hear grand opera performed at most of the major opera houses in the United States and abroad. There is no question that it is a superb experience. Movie-theater opera is just as dazzling as live opera. And it’s cheaper. 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z These included embroidered evening dresses and strict tweed suits with exaggerated basques, as well as curving parkas and Perfecto-style jackets based on grand opera coats. These Two Guys Are Changing How We Think About Fashion 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The eventual decline of grand opera affected Jewish and Gentile composers alike: Rossini’s almighty “Guillaume Tell” also dropped from sight. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The Italian composer responded with the grandest grand opera of them all – one that evokes ancient Egypt, and requires world-class singers for half a dozen demanding roles. Our bovine public: a brief history of livestock cameos at the opera 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Yet we’re also seeing something else: baseball slowly slipping into the same category as grand opera — spectacles that appeal, by and large, to an older audience. How to win baseball games without sabermetrics 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z "We'll continue to produce grand opera at the Civic Theatre, but instead of doing all of what we do there, we'll do some there and we'll do some surprising things in other spaces," Bennett said. David Bennett, new leader of San Diego Opera, brings bigger picture into view 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Like the music in the rest of the cycle it was composed by Jonathan Bepler, who pays homage to different styles from easy listening, like here, to grand opera in the next film, Cremaster 5. Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle: 9 hours of 'challenging' art on film 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z At the time, I knew no different, and just thought this was how grand opera audiences behaved – like hooligans. The Royal Opera House rape scene disgusted its audience. But it did not move them | Deborah Orr 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Wagner was known to despise Meyerbeer, a Jewish-born German contemporary who wrote a number of grand operas that are today far less well known that Wagner's own works. Crazed Israeli protester disrupts Wagner symposium in Jerusalem 2013-12-17T23:13:10Z Now, the birds knew that in 'really real' grand opera there is usually a ballet, but to have one at their concert was wonderful. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Two or three motor-cars, a steam yacht, and an endless round between times of balls and calls and grand operas. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z It is Chadwick in a new vein, a little grand opera, and, so far as I am aware, the first of its kind in the country. Martha or, The Fair at Richmond 2012-01-19T03:00:23.947Z Maybe it’s good that grand opera hasn’t gone the way of film and telly, where graphic sex and violence are too commonplace to be shocking. The Royal Opera House rape scene disgusted its audience. But it did not move them | Deborah Orr 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Intermezzo, in-tėr-med′zō, n. a light dramatic entertainment between the acts of a tragedy, grand opera, &c.: a short musical burlesque, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z From this caravan came the music of much laughter, and now and then the lilting of a song: sounds as unaccustomed to Newt Spooner as grand opera. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Mr. Ellmer watched Babiole about with great pride, tried her voice at the piano, on which he performed with some taste, and declared that it was good enough for grand opera. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z It may be mentioned here that in all grand operas the orchestra plays continually; it is the wall upon which the picture is hung. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Personally, I do not see that it was the words that were inartistic, but, rather, the introduction of whiskey and soda at all into a grand opera. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z I was going to run away and be a chorus girl till I could earn enough to study for grand opera, but my father has induced me to wait—just a little. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Probably more than half of them expected to become successful singers in grand opera. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z On the 23rd of last month there was brought out 'Il Crociato in Egitto,' the new grand opera of Meyerbeer, a composer whose name was completely unknown in this country only a few weeks ago.... Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Their appearance in grand opera seems to us as much an invasion as their presence in India does to the Hindu. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Salome is, I think, about the only grand opera of recent times that has been suppressed by a Directors' Meeting. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Blanche Scott would offer a grand opera selection in her best baritone voice. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Constance, on the contrary, will do as well to begin her training for grand opera at once. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z It was tacitly understood, not only by Miss Archer, but also by Constance’s other teachers, that she intended to study for a grand opera début as soon as her high school days were over. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Distinctly unique as a grand opera setting is the Land of Cherry-blossoms. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Then came the news that Anschutz, the German manager, was about to bring a German company to the Terrace Garden in New York with a fine r�pertoire of grand opera, including Faust. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Had Signor Baretti been attending a performance of grand opera, he could not have shown a more evident pleasure in the programme. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Incidental to the heroic dramas which the puppets play are interludes of ballet-dancing like those which are intercalated, more or less adroitly, into the grand opera performed by full-grown men and women. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Don’t know—but grand opera—I remember that and libretto— Clayton. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z A fugue is unusual in grand opera, but Puccini has a purpose in everything, and his music is essentially descriptive. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z It was not only Balfe's one real grand opera, but was also his last important work. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Don’t you remember I always said I’d rather hear you sing that than listen to a grand opera?” The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z No grand opera stuff—we don't want it! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He knew how proud she was of his ability to learn such difficult grand opera. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z He prepares his sketching materials and is apparently in haste; but true to the precepts of grand opera, he first sings to us a long and beautiful aria about "taking the design of a jewel." Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z She had, in fact, a beautiful mezzo voice; but she could not hope for leading r�les in grand opera until she had perfect control of the upper notes needed to complete her vocal equipment. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z They thus showed their appreciation of my efforts as a pioneer; for I was the first manager who had introduced into their city grand opera worthy of the name. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z There she became a prima donna in miniature, and charmed the Californians, especially by her imitations of the prominent grand opera and comic opera artists of the day. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Whilst on board I organized a grand opera concert, in which the whole of the principal singers and chorus took part, under the direction of Arditi, in aid of the Liverpool Sailors' Orphanage. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Pagliacci is the Italian word for clowns, a decidedly unique subject for grand opera. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z So, on one evening when the exquisite equipage awaited its master at the grand opera, a crowd of lesser critical luminaries gathered around it, and both reviled and envied the fortunate owner. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Effect: spacious, beautiful, ornamented in the richness of a house of grand opera. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Afterward in the wings she threw her arms around my neck, exclaiming: 'You're going to sing in grand opera, and I'm going to help you.' Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z In the winter season there are always at least three grand opera houses in full swing, with world-famous artists at each. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z He has made of it a "grand opera" in every sense; and yet so abounding in melody that even an untrained ear is captured. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Besides innumerable and varied concerts which occur throughout the season, the city is one of four in the country strong enough to support a first-rate grand opera company of its own. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z “In grand opera at Covent Garden,” put in Miss Campbell solemnly. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I confess that while the work in grand opera was more to my taste, I was happier in light opera, and, after all, that is a great thing in the world. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z I am not in the habit of scraping acquaintance with strangers, even at grand opera.” Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z As the curtain rises we are greeted with the chatter and laughter of childish voices: two innovations at one stroke, for real children and real laughter have never before held a place in grand opera. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Taken altogether, Gounod has turned out a very successful French grand opera, which will hold its place in opera repertories for many years to come. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z “I have always wanted to know a grand opera singer,” she said. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z “I try to connect with my audience, even when I’m doing ‘Aida,’ ” she said, “but you can connect better when you don’t have all the lights, the trappings of grand opera in front of you.” | Westchester: Forging a Connection in Songs of Women 2011-03-20T04:15:04Z A grand opera now must be from the Old Testament. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Scribe is on terra firma in the fourth act, which is really the nucleus of the plot, and is perhaps the most dramatic love-scene of any grand opera. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The Italian could not understand a grand opera in which the hero was not a tenor; and the only tenor, Macduff, comes on late in the evening. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z The four girls were not very intimate with grand opera. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z "You'll be taken to Court, doubtless, Maria, and there is the grand opera you have heard so much about, and lords and ladies for company——" "I have had enough of lords and ladies, grandmother." A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z I, as conductor of the grand opera, know best what endless trouble, and what immense sacrifice of time and money it has cost to meet Rinaldo's wishes. Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:38.687Z "I wouldn't give a nickel to see a grand opera," says Bess, "unless it was Ada, that Elmer took us to last winter." Gullible's Travels, Etc. 2011-02-06T03:00:55.707Z This is a much older though quite as popular a place of amusement, and antedates the grand opera house a full century. The Story of Malta "So fleeting, so evanescent, so—so—" and he would wave his arms like a grand opera conductor. The Belovéd Traitor Professor Hecksher had even suggested that Esther's voice might be beautiful enough for grand opera when she grew older and had more experience. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas You'll keep my husband's secret—tinkling music hidden away between grand opera records. The Guarded Heights About seventy or one hundred persons make up the ballet of a modern grand opera. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists "Well, after all, with a grand opera, it ain't so much the words as the music," Morris commented. Worrying Won't Win To give an account of all the singers who have appeared in grand opera would require several volumes. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Professor Hecksher felt that she might have a future in grand opera, only she was far too young and too untrained to attempt it for several years. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas More valuable pieces of Oriental weaving are to be found among the diminutives than in the grand opera of textiles. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. Primarily, an artist in grand opera must sing in some fashion to insure the proper projection of her r�le across the large spaces of the all-too-large auditoriums. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists "It seems to me, Abe, that a feller which goes often on grand opera is lucky if he understands only English," Morris observed. Worrying Won't Win Concerning Miss Leveroni, who afterward studied abroad and returned to America to sing with Henry Russell's grand opera company, I wrote: "Very nice, gestures natural." Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Scalchi studied while a mere child, and made her grand opera debut at the age of sixteen. What Every Singer Should Know It was only once or twice in his teaching career that he had discovered a voice worthy of grand opera. The Head Girl at the Gables What employment these infatuated individuals enjoyed before the advent of grand opera and the movies became a possible exhaust pipe for their vanity is not clear, but they certainly should be discouraged. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists In fact I got so that I didn't mind it at all, and that's how I become acquainted with the different grades of singers which works by grand opera. Worrying Won't Win I knew much of the grand opera repertoire. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Melba made her debut in grand opera when she was twenty-two years of age. What Every Singer Should Know And Maverick listens, as he never listened to a grand opera in the theatre of Marseilles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 The grand opera singer in the great opera houses of the world rarely sings more than two or three times a week. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists There ain't many grand operas where both the tenor and the soprano sticks it out alive till the end of the last act, Mawruss. Worrying Won't Win During these enjoyable weeks I heard this company sing most of the grand opera repertoire, in English, and I was thrilled and fascinated. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer We find the great German tenor, Albert Nieman, singing the grand opera roles at eighteen. What Every Singer Should Know "There is nothing quite like an opera night, and I have been particularly interested in grand opera since we discovered Zerlina." The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds After touring the Italian opera houses he spent seven seasons in South America at a time when the interest in grand opera on that continent was developing tremendously. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Mendelssohn never wrote a grand opera, owing to his fastidiousness as to a libretto; though he finally obtained one from Geibel on the subject of the “Loreley” which suited him. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers In my last year of study under Mrs. Long I reveled for the first time in the joys of grand opera. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer He was singing the grand opera roles at twenty-one. What Every Singer Should Know A song-drama is a play which is both sung and acted, quite different from grand opera or musical comedy, and with a charm all its own. Loyal to the School He was fortunate in making appearances with the "Philadelphia Operatic Society," a remarkable amateur organization giving performances of grand opera on a large scale. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists In the latter year he brought out a grand opera in Brescia, called “Bianca Capello,” shortly after which he went to London, where he has since resided and made a world-wide reputation as a teacher. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers At the age of twelve I had heard the music of almost the entire grand opera repertoire. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Teresa Titjens made her debut in grand opera at the age of fifteen. What Every Singer Should Know "Swanson has been bellowing his praise of it until everyone on the train thinks we have grabbed a grand opera star who can hit 400." Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant There are, in America, two large grand opera companies and half a dozen traveling ones, some of them very excellent. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists In his home and at his table there appeared artists, publishers, grand opera stars, actors and playwrights. The "Genius" That winter in Boston, the Castle Square Opera Company, an excellent organization managed by Henry W. Savage, was presenting grand opera in English at the old Castle Square Theater. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Pesaroni made her grand opera debut at sixteen, and twenty-five years later we find her still one of the leading grand opera singers. What Every Singer Should Know THE larger a man's girth the more expensive his flirtations; nothing but orchids and grand opera tickets can make a girl forget real embonpoint long enough to be sentimental. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl The task is infinitely more difficult than grand opera. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Peroxide allowed that she would cut out the rag time and put in a few choice selections from grand opera. Side-stepping with Shorty At last I had sung in grand opera in Paris, even if only for charity! Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Guilliam Ibos, the grand French tenor, and Van Dyck, were both singing the grand opera roles at the age of twenty-two. What Every Singer Should Know In every interesting romance he sought the material for a grand opera. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians One is far closer to his fellow-man in vaudeville than in grand opera, because the emotions of the auditors are more responsive. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Ah, I don't mean bein' no grand opera tenor, with a throat that has to be kept in cotton battin' and a reputation that needs chloride of lime. Side-stepping with Shorty During a season of grand opera in Chicago, a beautiful white-haired woman sat in the same box night after night without attracting particular attention, except as a woman of acknowledged beauty. Threads of Grey and Gold Jean de Reszke was soloist at the cathedral at Warsaw at the age of twelve, and was singing in grand opera at twenty-two. What Every Singer Should Know A fortunate circumstance, the return of Meyerbeer to Paris, even gave promise that the work might secure a hearing at the grand opera. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians He is considered one of the finest actors among the grand opera singers. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists “We wouldn’t do for grand opera soloists, but I guess it will be good enough to attract crowds in small country towns,” laughed Andy, as he ground out a lively German waltz. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone With Jedge Landis at the head of grand baseball and Mary Garden at the head of grand opera, the future of the greatest outdoor and indoor sports is temporarily assured. The So-called Human Race I’m supposed to have a voice and to be in training for grand opera.” The Bandbox Heine and his associates formed the literary centre, but even more effective in its influence was Meyerbeer’s grand opera. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians My greatest success has been in Lieurance's Indian songs and in excerpts from grand opera. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Slighter plots than that have been put into grand opera. The Come Back Low-highbrow: Municipal government, Kipling, socialism, Shakespeare, politics, Thackeray, taxation, golf, grand opera, bridge, chicken � la Maryland, “eether,” stocks and bonds, gin rickey, Theodore Roosevelt, chewing gum in private. The So-called Human Race In vain was the trip to Baltimore; in vain was the week with grand opera in New York, and they both knew that the proposed trip to Europe never would occur. In the Heart of a Fool While the other types cultivate a taste for grand opera or simulate it because it is supposedly proper, the Cerebral really enjoys it. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types But I guess if you were trying to break into grand opera you wouldn’t be quite so intolerant!” Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp The boreal gale sweeping through its shivering branches made converse in the music of 173 the wild, Jenny and I being the only seat-holders in that grand opera. Trail Tales She herself enjoyed music, and she intended to supplement their singing and piano lessons with occasioned visits to Cincinnati to hear grand opera. Kildares of Storm And yet, children–children–why, if we could open a can and have ’em as we do most things, from sardines to grand opera, I’d like hundreds of them. In the Heart of a Fool Signor Maria says that if Denasia had proper masters and was sent to Italy for two or three years she could sing in grand opera. A Singer from the Sea It was grand opera now, in French and Italian; with brilliant runs and trills and high, sustained crescendos that seemed almost to demand applause; and high-pitched, agitato recitatives. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp But America was gradually edging up to the time of grand opera. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events Do you suppose she has abandoned grand opera entirely? Kildares of Storm His friends took him to hear grand opera singers, to listen to famous violinists, but these moved him not; the most gifted pianists failed equally to interest him. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions He had, indeed, a vague dream of then quietly visiting Denasia and determining whether it would be worth while to educate her for grand opera. A Singer from the Sea And especially when he had refused to come down and meet her–a fine lady, practicing for grand opera. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp This was the first grand opera written and produced by an American. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events Their mother had recently taken both girls to a near-by city for their first taste of grand opera, completing the effect by the purchase of a graphophone and opera records. Kildares of Storm Only last night," said Johnny, explaining feverishly again, "you were so funny and grand opera and all and I was mad and disgusted and grouchy and I—I didn't know how much I cared myself. The Innocent Adventuress Then the idea came into his head to abandon the laugh altogether, and substitute for it that diabolical grimace which every Mephisto of the grand opera in our day strives again to repeat. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 Thus, we range from the bathos and vulgarity of the music hall to the glories of grand opera! Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The story of grand opera of this period is one of perpetual striving for the unattainable. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events "No. I've hinted, but they—they laughed at me, and Jemmy said that it wouldn't be lady-like to go on the stage, even in grand opera." Kildares of Storm His box at the grand opera, lined with velvet, must too be left behind, and many an adieu be given to the gauze-clad sylphides and painted nightingales of that gay establishment. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Chicago, however, goes Fray Bentos one better for there you know the squeal is caught by the phonograph and the records sold for grand opera. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The theatrical attractions at the capital, the promise of grand opera in Chicago, the political changes, these were things of passing interest, but nothing to grow feverish about. Otherwise Phyllis Similar performances followed in other cities, and the country was thus gradually prepared for the real thing,—grand opera,—in its native language. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events The fireplaces and the ceilings are magnificent; they look like expensive "sets" at the grand opera. A Little Tour of France I remember, only this is better than grand opera, because it’s real. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Son, you can take it from me there's been a regular season of grand opera. Sundry Accounts In the next room the tenor of the itinerant grand opera company that was giving a series of performances at the Théâtre Municipal squabbled unceasingly with his woman companion. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China In Chicago the first performance of grand opera was given in 1850. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events The signora is my second wife; she is prima donna assoluta of the grand opera, Naples. The Martian A glorious adventure, with three meals the day and grand opera on the phonograph. The Pagan Madonna Oscar Hammerstein is the only impressario who can keep the pennant flying over grand opera and a roof garden. The White Mice Now Javanese dancing is about as exciting as German grand opera, and, like opera, one has to understand it to appreciate it. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China On mature consideration, therefore, I have come to the conclusion that our best offering would be a minstrel grand opera concert entertainment. A Pirate of Parts True, she could act; she had been told by many a great impressario that histrionically she had no peer in grand opera. The Place of Honeymoons There were family parties, and single tourists, with part of a grand opera troupe, and traveling men of the better class. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Hermy may be the mushiest, sappiest, hen brained specimen of a man you ever saw; but when it comes to being a high class grand opera barytone, he’s the kid! Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Really, had Bobby not been assured that they were grand opera singers he would have taken them for a lot of immigrants, for they had that same unhappy expression of worry. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man In fact, an impresario cannot get along legitimately, my boy, in grand opera or in fact any old kind of opera, without disappointments every now and then. A Pirate of Parts The society belle of the night before the fire, a butterfly of fashion at the grand opera performance, assisted some factory girl in the preparation of humble daily meals. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The serious accusation against this set, which in composition seems much like the tableaux in grand opera, is that it invades the art of painting. The Tapestry Book There’s only one grand opera Napoleon with black whiskers who does things in that way, and makes good every trip. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe There’s a long line of full-dress Willies here that’ll draw their week’s wages in advance to attend grand opera in cabs. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Naturally I was rushed that week because Thanksgiving Day came on Thursday, and I had an invitation to go down to the city to 268 hear grand opera that afternoon. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls When you want vaudeville, I will incline to grand opera. Eve to the Rescue I confess to a passion for grand opera and lobster in all its forms. The Madness of May And once I went to grand opera—lot of fat Dutchmen all singing together like they was selling old rags. The Job An American Novel Do you suppose Bobby will have two hundred thousand left when he gets through with grand opera?” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man “Would you honestly choose to go with 61 her if you could, Berta?” she asked, “grand opera is only something to see and hear and then it is all over.” Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls The thick, muggy air of the gloomy hall in which they were to play left even the enthusiasts without much desire to brighten up the monotony of provincial life by the enjoyment of grand opera. The Goose Man We understand that, in view of the popular revival of boxing, Dr. Strauss has been commissioned to write a grand opera round the noble art. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 It was one of the first grand operas to which brilliant mise en sc�ne, gorgeous decorations etc., added success. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas No one expected acting in grand opera, no one expected that the performers would be physically adaptable to their parts. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man It is a shame for you to sacrifice it just to hear grand opera, Miss Bonner. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls An opera is a musical drama, the higher forms of which are known as grand opera, and the lower or farcical forms as opera bouffe. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism In the evening they attended the grand opera, at the invitation of Mr. Arbuckle, and the next morning proceeded to Strasburg. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany And the crooning of a little mother over a baby's cradle fills the home with music sweeter to its builder than any note ever heard in grand opera. The Root of Evil That week’s “season of grand opera” was an unqualified success, following closely the lines laid down by the experienced Mr. Spratt. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Being, 153 unfortunately, an American grand opera, it takes very little acuteness of foresight to predict a long wait before it is ever heard. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions What is the difference between grand opera and opera bouffe? Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism “Oh!” he thought, “if she would only say ‘Dennis,’ it would be like grand opera.” The Flaw in the Sapphire With the liberal use of money she made the acquaintance of a member of the chorus of the grand opera company who agreed to report to her every movement in Harriet's life. The Root of Evil More than that, while all actors are hard to handle, of all the combinations on earth, a grand opera company is the worst. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man The thing we are all waiting for is that American grand opera, "A Woman of Marblehead." Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The question of grand opera was a joke of long standing between them, and up to the present had been on the husbands, who, despite their protests, had manfully endured their annual week of martyrdom. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest There had been so many prayer-meeting nights when I would rather have been at the grand opera. A Circuit Rider's Wife It is a grand opera that is in progress. Nights in London “But at least this will teach you not to back any more grand opera companies.” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man The Greek tragedians, really writers of grand opera, made undoubted use of the best musical implements and knowledge they had. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions One and all agreed that the grand opera had missed a capital “first tenor” in not securing the services of our companion. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He loved the Boston Symphony concerts and the grand opera. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman This grand opera idea affects, in turn, the waitresses. Nights in London "I might have more successfully applied to the grand opera in New York; but my ambition was to sing here first." The Lure of the Mask He has been active, too, in the effort to secure a proper production of grand opera in English. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions He assured Laura that in three years she would be a blazing star on the grand opera stage. Possessed "We expect some day that he'll be singing in grand opera on the Metropolitan stage." The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets They are good for nothing except ballet, one-act plays with large effects, and tabloid grand opera. Nights in London A grand opera singer, returning home from a late supper? The Lure of the Mask A grand opera, "Leonello," in five acts, and a mass are in manuscript. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Of grand opera even the Daily Telegraph is moved to say that "the translations are in most cases literary nightmares." Spirit and Music "Did you say grand opera or grand uproar?" questioned Andy, slyly. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets As a lyrical poet he stands unequalled for the number of his libretti, having written the poetry of forty grand operas and of one hundred comic operas. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. And I expect they didn't have to know such a lot about grand opera to play the leanin' part, either. Shorty McCabe on the Job And he has written a grand opera on a mediæval theme to his own libretto. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions We need not hurry; the legislature will not meet this winter, and there will be no grand opera before spring. The Master-Knot of Human Fate "You and I are going to join Mr. Conried's selected chorus of educated persons who want to earn their grand opera instead of paying five dollars a performance for it." R. Holmes & Co. Sounds like a grand opera announcement, doesn't it? Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Gory, accompanied by Madame Gory, have gone to Chicago for a week of the grand opera. Gigolo A grand opera by an American on an American subject is an achievement to look forward to. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The impulse to grand opera came from a different quarter. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present "I'm working at a grand opera," he said in dry, mechanical tones. Merely Mary Ann A great judge, like yourself a real artist, once told me at Bruxelles, that the grand opera could not produce its equal.' Tancred Or, The New Crusade We have a neighbour on our left, name unknown, who gives suppers in his garden, and concerts that really are worthy of the grand opera. Recollections of Europe To the composer potentially a writer of grand operas, but barred out by the absolute lack of opening here, the dramatic ballad should offer an attractive form. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The grand operas were given in Italian by the Italian company, and the light operas in German by the German company. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The Prince of Pilsen, that he had as musical director no less a celebrated maestro than Gustav Hinrichs, formerly conductor for the Metropolitan grand opera company. Sixty Years of California Song Josephine desired to be an actress, while Adele confessed that, though she sighed for the boards, her secret aspirations were for the grand opera. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The whole idea is a travesty of sentimental grand opera, the vocal characters being transposed so far as their fate and actions are concerned. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison The girl laughed, a little silvery laugh which made any memory of grand opera seem harsh and jangling. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story They are brilliant, martial, vigorous and spectacular, and the legitimate predecessors of the Meyerbeer grand operas. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present They take me to the circus to amuse me, and I come back at 'em with grand opera. The She Boss A Western Story Even in the entr'actes of grand operas I go through with such exercises; for they refresh instead of exhausting me. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] In their lofty eminence of pomposity they are challenged only by Anglican bishops and grand opera tenors. Damn! A Book of Calumny Italy can as little make a grand piano as America can compose a grand opera. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. After composing two cantatas, which had a good success, his grand opera of "Mefistofele" was produced at Milan in 1868, and later in other leading cities. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The piece is a finely-elaborated recitative fully equal to the requirements of grand opera. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Business manager of theatrical and amusement enterprises, ranging from minstrels and circuses to symphony orchestras and grand opera companies. Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines You look posi-tive-ly as if you were on the point of bursting into grand opera. From the Housetops New York can hardly claim so large a public interested in high-class opera as Vienna and Berlin; hence it would be unreasonable to expect that grand opera should fare better here. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Hundreds it seemed were howling and shrieking like mad, when I dropped to sleep to dream I was listening to grand opera at the Metropolitan. I Married a Ranger New Orleans was, I believe, the first American city regularly to support grand opera and to give it a home. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Though church music has been improved almost to the excellence of oratorios or grand opera, unless it be a festal service like Easter or Christmas, the pews are only sparsely filled. The Canadian Commonwealth Later, when she had enough saved, she would study in Vienna for grand opera! Visionaries He must train himself to many things, just as he trains himself to classical music and grand opera. The Courage of Marge O'Doone He has access to all the music from the discordant hand organ to the oratorio and grand opera. The Vitalized School To become a singer in grand opera had been the great aspiration of her heart. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens M. V�ron was so delighted with the great success of "Robert" that he made a contract with Meyerbeer for another grand opera, "Les Huguenots," to be completed by a certain date. Great Italian and French Composers And his music was operatic, after all, grand opera saccharine with commonplace melodies gorgeously attired—nothing more. Visionaries A singing-school is as much to them as a symphony concert and grand opera to their city brethren, and a sewing church sociable as an afternoon tea. Pembroke A Novel The one sits in rapt delight through an evening of grand opera, reveling on the sunlit summits of harmony; the other can rise no higher in the scale of music than the raucous hand organ. The Vitalized School Well, they know as much about singing as tit-willows do about grand opera. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan Come over and sit with me by the spring-house and let's discuss grand opera while I eat my supper and wait until I think it is safe to give the ewe some mash. The Golden Bird The girl with him was certain to make a success in grand opera some day. Visionaries "No, we will not," said Grace; "for when it comes to that, we are none of us quite up to the comprehension of the mystery of a grand opera—at least, none but Margaret." The Wedge of Gold In beautiful Paris, May Ingram was to live and study, hoping to realize the dreams of her childhood, a first rank in grand opera. The Harris-Ingram Experiment It was midwinter, and grand opera was here. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 His compositions are of every kind: masses, grand operas, light operas, cantatas, symphonies, symphonic poems; music for the orchestra, the organ, the piano, the voice, and chamber music. Musicians of To-Day The parts were read to the artists, and the next day Amédé Achard threw up his rôle, declaring that it belonged to grand opera and was beyond the powers of an opéra-comique tenor. Musical Memories "Did you ever attend a grand opera performance, Tom?" asked Sedgwick. The Wedge of Gold So pitiable a specimen of feminine inquisitiveness, bad temper and ungenerosity has never been put on the stage as the heroine of a grand opera. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The newspapers devoted half a column apiece to the subject, and several of them prophesied that it was in grand opera that Madame Diana Quentin would eventually find the setting best suited to her gifts. The Splendid Folly He declared that they reminded him of grand opera, which remark sent Maude into a fit of satirical laughter, and Florence up to her room in a pout. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life But Delibes had the legitimate ambition of writing a grand opera. Musical Memories "I am working at a grand opera," he said in dry, mechanical tones. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Even Wagner succumbed to this influence in Paris; and when Weber's “Freisch�tz” was first given at the grand opera, Berlioz was commissioned to arrange ballet music from Weber's piano works to supply the deficiency. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University To him is largely due the development of opéra comique which has taken place within the last twenty years, a development which has taken it almost to the confines of grand opera. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Perhaps some day we shall hear of her coming over here again, as a famous star in grand opera; that will be her revenge. Prince Fortunatus On one side were the partisans of Melody, opéra-comique, the Italians, and, with some effort, of grand opera. Musical Memories Suppose we know a poor teacher, for instance, who has nothing left over from her meagre salary after the necessary things are provided for, and who is, we'll say, hungry for grand opera. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man Thus, at the beginning of our century we find two art forms: First, grand opera of a strange nationality, and second, the small but rapidly developing form of comedy or drama with music. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Gilbert; but it must not be forgotten that he also essayed grand opera with no little success. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. I wish to hear you in grand opera or in oratorio—I wish to see you a great artist—that is something noble, something ambitious, something to work for day and night. Prince Fortunatus Whereupon Miss Devereux remarked that even having been a failure in grand opera didn't necessarily assure a man success in musical comedy, and that possibly a chorus-man would be an improvement. The Real Adventure Why, now, Dolly," blundered Mr. Ellsworth, "didn't the hotel fellow tell you that some one had come down from Heart's Desire to hear the latest from grand opera—private session—chartered the hall, eh? Heart's Desire His first grand opera, “Le roi de Lahore,” was given in 1881. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University For the moment Mr. Gilbert turned his back upon topsy-turvydom and Sullivan approached the frontiers of grand opera. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Notably our grand operas owe much to the Coldstreams and Grenadiers. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Her voice had a bead on it which roused a perfectly unreasoning physical excitement—the kind of bead which, in singing, makes all the difference between a church choir and grand opera. The Real Adventure Haydn, on the other hand, spent no time on grand opera. Beethoven I began to wonder if I were composing the plot of a grand opera? The Jervaise Comedy The recent performances of English composers in the field of grand opera have not been very encouraging. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. About the year 1760, Piccini, who was the Rossini of his day, was called to Paris to reform the grand opera. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 "Mephistopheles," grand opera in a prologue, four acts, and epilogue, words by the composer, was first performed at La Scala, Milan, in 1868. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers First, of course, there was the opera—grand opera at twenty-five cents a seat. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker On his return to Paris, he turned his attention to dramatic music, and composed two grand operas, which were performed before the court, and secured for him the patronage of Marie Antoinette. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday His 'Frédégonde,' produced in Paris in 1895, proved emphatically that his talent did not lie in the direction of grand opera. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. I should have expected this young lady to upbraid her brother after the style of the prima donna in grand opera.” The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate From the musical point of view "Robert le Diable" is interesting, as it marks the beginning of a new school of grand opera. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers A string orchestra, hidden away somewhere in a gallery, was alternating grand opera with the Gondola Girl and the latest gems of Transatlantic melody. When William Came It is said that Meyerbeer has already completed a grand opera with the title of L'Africaine, and is now engaged on a comic opera. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Early opera in Germany was Italian and the French grand opera school was founded by a Florentine. Edward MacDowell Well, finally, daddy Brent learned that Signor Moretti, a tenor who had retired from grand opera, had opened a studio in San Francisco. Kindred of the Dust "La Juive," a grand opera in five acts, words by Scribe, originally written for Rossini and rejected in favor of "William Tell," was produced for the first time at the Académie, Paris, Feb. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Lili, having discovered that her voice was not for grand opera, had philosophically descended to the concert stage and was excitedly happy in her success and independence. The White Morning Victorias and carromatas outside were crowded as carriages are about the theatres on grand opera nights at home. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines She had been brought up to believe that she was going on the stage to sing grand opera. Evelyn Innes They had grand opera in Seattle, and I sent her up there to hear it and having a singing teacher hear her sing 'Alice, Where Art Thou.' Kindred of the Dust Then, too, I suppose I'll have to choose between Mrs. Wiggs and Emerson, between the Katzenjammers and Shakespeare, and between ragtime and grand opera. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Chicago never took kindly to grand opera, and probably for the same reason that it patronized the drama. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Motion-picture patrons differ from those who attend the grand opera, since they will not stand to have their drama turn out disagreeably. The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players She would then learn beyond cavil or doubt if she had, or was likely to acquire, sufficient voice for grand opera. Evelyn Innes He is carefully attended, afforded every luxury, and at last, is whisked away into eternity, quickly, and, as far as possible, painlessly, with a grand opera and limelight effect. Said the Observer The simple rote songs which the children learn in the first grade, or which they hear on the phonograph, may lead through various stages of development to the enjoyment of grand opera. How to Teach It sought entertainment and amusement, and grand opera is a serious business. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 One conducts a grand opera, another conducts a choir. Analyzing Character We have our native composers denying the worth and importance of this music, and trying to manufacture grand opera out of so-called Indian themes. The Book of American Negro Poetry The girl has been all over the world singing grand opera. The Torrent Entre Naranjos The picture changed to a view of the grand opera house and at the same moment a point of light appeared in the headpiece back of the chair. Through the Wall She came at last, after crossing a long stretch of nothingness, to the town where Ann had lived, town from which she had gone forth to hear grand opera and find the loveliness of life. The Visioning The big fellows do not well sustain romantic rôles, except in grand opera, where nearly everything but the music is illusion and elusive. Analyzing Character Author of The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man, Fifty Years and Other Poems, and the English libretto to Goyescas, the Spanish grand opera, produced at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1915. The Book of American Negro Poetry Ravinia is one of Chicago's idiosyncrasies, a ten-weeks' summer season of grand opera with a full symphony orchestra given practically out-of-doors. Mary Wollaston Groener had evidently decided to make the best of the situation for he answered at once: "The grand opera house." Through the Wall They had the songs of the grand opera singers. The Visioning If it is a grand opera, you will succeed in you wishes and aspirations. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He compares Paris, with its grand ladies and its grand opera, with his vineyard and his nightingales. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist It is used to call the duck-shooters in Western Canada when a flock of birds has arrived; and to direct the movements of the Dragon in Wagner's grand opera "Siegfried." The History of the Telephone "And it will be two years before I can try grand opera—can make my living?" said Mildred slowly. The Price She Paid Asked him where you went to hear grand opera. The Visioning But the continued vogue of grand opera, and more especially of Wagner’s long-drawn-out compositions, among our restless, unmusical compatriots, remains unexplained. The Ways of Men I felt like a heroine of grand opera surrounded by untruly beautiful painted scenery. Dear Enemy Some day—who knows?—there may come the poetry and grand opera of the telephone. The History of the Telephone She had one object—to earn her living on the grand opera stage, and to earn it as a prima donna because that meant the best living. The Price She Paid Nothing seemed to matter except going to grand opera. The Visioning She is preparing for her audition—her hearing—in the fall, and it is even possible she may be singing in grand opera next season. Star-Dust And when she comes back—a real grand opera singer—won't I be in a state! Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California I'll applaud when you've surely stopped," said Kitty Reid demurely; "but before we begin an evening of grand opera, I want you to hear the Princess. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day In the following winter and summer Crossley disclosed why he had been sufficiently interested in grand opera to begin to back undeveloped voices. The Price She Paid Well, I've been hunting for you in every open theatre in town where there's grand opera. Tales from Bohemia Claudia held a scholarship at a college of music, and was training for grand opera. Monitress Merle London engagements were spoken of, and in the general enthusiasm someone talked about grand opera. A Mummer's Wife Carenta, a member of a troupe of grand opera singers, whom many had heard during the company's engagement in New York, arose from the piano amid cries of "bravo," for her superb vocalism. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks This ambition was to be a giver of grand opera on a superb scale. The Price She Paid They have not yet arrived at the wonderful expedition and despatch observed in Paris, where a half hour is enough to convert the grand opera into the masked ball. Castilian Days And I saw that his wishing me to sing the greatest music, and parts in grand operas, was only wishing for what would fetch the greatest price. Daniel Deronda He enjoyed the grand opera and the acting in French theatres; nor did he neglect to study Italian art. Cambridge Sketches The aboriginal frog croaked on the very site of the place where grand opera is now sung. The French in the Heart of America "Of course it isn't grand opera," he went on. The Price She Paid For she has a very sweet voice, though its want of power forbade grand opera. The Broken Road Why then are there tragedies and grand operas, where men do difficult things and choose to suffer? Daniel Deronda Nor was he benefited by the performances of his "Tannhäuser," which were given at the grand opera in March, 1861, by order of Napoleon, at the request of the influential Princess Metternich. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents "Now I'll give you an imitation of grand opera," he said; and then he launched into the drollest burlesque of a fashionable tenor and a prima-donna, as clever as could be. October Vagabonds Said he: "You were studying for grand opera?" The Price She Paid Then we'll have the grand operas, by all the most famous singers, elaborately staged; and we'll be able to see and hear them for ten cents, instead of ten dollars. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West It was grand opera on a titanic scale, with the added distinction of really meaning something. The Cruise of the Kawa Why should I decline to have a good time at the Queen's drawing-room, because English women have no je ne sais quoi, or at the grand opera, because French women lack aplomb? The Potiphar Papers The average taxpayer is no more capable of a "grand passion" than of a grand opera. Without Prejudice Never before had anyone said any less of her singing than that it was wonderful, marvelous, equal to a great deal that passed for fine in grand opera. The Price She Paid She may be heard here in grand opera this winter. The Midnight Passenger : a novel In the management of grand opera he had no experience, and no more knowledge than the ordinary theatrical man. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time For three months he heeded parental injunction; then a trip to New York to grand opera. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Thus he recognised grand opera as the means whereby he might express his ruling thoughts; towards it his passions impelled him; his eyes turned in the direction of its home. Thoughts out of Season Part I "Not for grand opera, not for comic opera even," replied Mrs. Brindley. The Price She Paid There were several hundred records— from grand opera, violin solos by Kreisler, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, to rag-time and the latest comic songs. An Adventure with a Genius "Leonora," the only grand opera by a professional critic ever performed in New York, so far as I know, was brought forward at the Academy of Music a good nine years later. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time The most famous grand opera singers and the greatest actors and actresses appear in their room. Writing for Vaudeville We came home very late from the grand opera rehearsal. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 I heard grand opera once in Boston, just before I started to the war, but I never heard anything that sounds finer than this. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign He told me that he wanted to arrange nothing less than Kosziusko into a libretto for grand opera! My Life — Volume 1 To the same end much consideration has been paid to significant doings outside the Metropolitan Opera House since it has been the chief domicile of grand opera in New York. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Berlin has "ragged" some of the most perfect themes of grand opera with wonderful success, but not always so openly. Writing for Vaudeville I no doubt wrote to you that Holzbauer's grand opera is in German. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 He was at that time busy composing a grand opera, Die Trojaner. My Life — Volume 2 The decline of grand opera at the Theatre Royal had brought light opera, which was performed with great success at the Konigstadt theatre, into public favour. My Life — Volume 1 He could, for instance, attend the performances of grand opera, and hear the great musical artists of the world. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter The schools had left little of their blighting mark upon him, yet "pump" "Mac" on any subject from rapid-fire guns to grand opera and you'd get at least a reasonable answer. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers At length, however, to his very great joy, a proposal was made to him from Munich to write a grand opera for the Carnival of 1781. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Taillefer had, in such a libretto, the means of producing dramatic effects that the French comedy or the grand opera never approached, and such as made Bayreuth seem thin and feeble. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres A certain M. Dupont, third tenor at the grand opera, tried my setting of the Ronsard poem, but declared that the language in which it was written was no longer palatable to the Paris public. My Life — Volume 1 Rodney, watching her mount the little hill to the graveyard with a winter sunset before her, had called her "Brunhilde," and he had been talking of grand opera as they walked home. Martie, the Unconquered Even Sidney, familiar as she was with every grand opera house in the world, felt the infection, and asked rather nervously if any of the seats were reserved. The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne At the grand opera, that evening, was to be performed Joseph Haydn's masterpiece, "The Creation." Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon To call in the help of poetry, of music, of grand opera, if need be, to aid in the teaching of the dry subjects of the college class room. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy The prima donna engaged by Holtei had failed us, and we were therefore without a singer for grand opera. My Life — Volume 1 Why is no Frenchman ever commissioned to write a grand opera? Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words It was the middle of the musical season, and I attended everything from grand opera to music-hall. The Gates of Chance Like a piece of grand opera music this formed a sort of a musical prelude before the villain appeared. See America First Russia has more than a thousand municipal theaters, more than a hundred grand operas, more than a hundred colleges and universities or musical conservatories. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Now I had become a real musician, had written a grand opera, and had already brought out many things without coming to grief. My Life — Volume 1 It was of a hue that I had never seen before except at performances of grand opera, or on the heads of fool detectives in musical burlesques. The Enchanted Typewriter But it was also Wagner's argument that grand opera could supply us with acting, and there I am compelled to disagree with him. Idle Ideas in 1905 Every half minute he chanted a harsh, unintelligible phrase akin to the jabber of car conductors and grand opera. The Four Million Are you fond of grand opera, for instance? The Devil's Paw The fireplaces and the ceilings are magnificent; they look like ex- pensive "sets" at the grand opera. A Little Tour in France The more ambitious stage was her legitimate field, if not grand opera itself. The Enchanted Typewriter As singers they left nothing to be desired, but the acting in grand opera has never yet impressed me. Idle Ideas in 1905 Gennaro does not want me to feel that I have lost my luxury, and he wishes to put his new work, a grand opera, into rehearsal at once. Beatrix The next day, Thursday, there was a grand opera for the benefit of the Irish, and all the Diplomatic Corps were obliged to take boxes. Letters from England Jim, should any one ever tell you that grand opera is all right, he is either trying to even up, or he is not a true friend. Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz My room looked like a grand opera star's boudoir when she is expecting the newspaper reporters. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Still, there are other composers of grand opera besides Wagner. Idle Ideas in 1905 That potent ruler—who himself paid a subsidy of 40,000 pesos each year to grand opera in Caracas—ordered one of the Government warehouses to be cleared for a temporary theatre. Whirligigs Otherwise, you've got the grand opera bunch sent to the soap factory—in looks, I mean; for the high screechers generally look like Mary Ann on her Thursday out. Options I hadn't gone three feet till some woman held me up, and began telling me how she adored grand opera. Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz |
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