Sentence examples for historical opera from inspiring English sources

Nominally a "historical" opera, "The Tsar's Bride" has an almost wholly invented plot.

"To me," he said, "however you stage a historical opera, it has to look like the music".

'BORIS GODUNOV' This new production of Mussorgsky's growlingly vivid historical opera was to have been the vehicle for Peter Stein's Met directing debut.

Judith Weir once composed an epic historical opera in three acts, dramatising a cast of thousands, including the Norwegian army, a piece that told the story of King Harald Hadradi's failed invasion of England in 1066.

So here is what confronted Mr. Wadsworth: a mostly completed set and costumes by two longtime collaborators of Mr. Stein's; a cast and a conductor, Valery Gergiev, hired to work with his predecessor; and a dramatic conception of Russia's greatest historical opera that was unknown to him.

The cultural heritage of Italian historical opera houses is of paramount importance in terms of architecture, music and acoustics.

Town Hall, Huddersfield, 16 November, hcmf.co.uk; Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 6 December, southbankcentre.co.uk Three of Donizetti's rarely staged historical operas, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux, give an English slant to Welsh National Opera's autumn tour.

Smetana then turned his attention to an opera competition, organised by Count Jan von Harrach, which offered prizes of 600 gulden each for the best comic and historical operas based on Czech culture.

Given the LBO's history of contemporizing historical operas, and with this production characterized as "triple murders in a warehouse" we can expect it to set the pace for what will be the company's most ambitious season ever, one that will strike sharp chords with contemporary America.

Is the historical soap opera just easy escapism?

The Crown is a historical soap opera, not Star Wars.