Sentence examples for element of opera from inspiring English sources

Aria, solo song with instrumental accompaniment, an important element of opera but also found extensively in cantatas and oratorios.

There's an element of opera in his conception of the genre — particularly the domestic operas of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Verdi to Puccini — and his images are the music.

There's an element of opera in his conception of the genre particularly the domestic operas of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Verdi to Puccini and his images are the music.

Which brings us to another important element of opera: it does not exist inscribed on the page, but as a living, performed act of the theatre, and part of the responsibility of the director is to not accept unscrutinised the assumptions of the time in which it was composed.

Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager, talks about how essential it is to modernize the theatrical elements of opera.

One of the most intriguing productions this spring combines early and contemporary music while mixing in elements of opera, film, and sound art.

The Most Happy Fella (1956) contained elements of opera, but Loesser returned to his earlier formula in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

So Hall has a vested interest in enthusing the local kids not only about the on-stage elements of opera but the backstage ones, as well.

What really makes his works odd, as operas go, is that they tend not to involve live singing, surely one of the defining elements of opera as it has been practiced since 1600.

That he had the instincts of a fine stage director himself was abundantly evident in his bravura handling of all the elements of opera in Madam Butterfly (Coliseum, 2006) for ENO.

In a series of theatrical works based on subjects from history and myth, Mr. Fisher has combined elements of opera, dance, Indian raga, Japanese Noh theater and more into fusions that have both a ritualistic intensity and an improvisatory freedom.