Sentence examples for elements of opera from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

The occasion for the new course is the Met's sparkling new production of the famous folk opera; the purpose is to introduce children to the complex elements of opera and to create a new audience for opera in the future.

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.

The work combines musical theater, drama and dance with elements of Western opera, according to the composer of the score, Guan Xia.