Sentence examples for opera repertoire from inspiring English sources

Initially, the traditional opera repertoire was purged of feudal, superstitious, or otherwise ideologically incorrect material.

In this interview for our 2014 Bach Festival, Mr. Pisaroni discusses how Bach fits into his career, as a performer of both concert and opera repertoire.

The Dutch audience has been very loyal to the company, however, and over the years Mr. Audi has won favor with edgy new works by living composers as well as a range of works from the classical opera repertoire.

Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.

This opera was described as a "musical" around the time of its first performances in 1949, but I can't think of anything less like a musical in the opera repertoire.

Rattle is arguably the finest conductor working today and this rare Met podium appearance puts his meticulous attention to detail and sublime sense of pace squarely in front of one of the finest scores in the opera repertoire.

Though his Ring cycle has found its way into the opera house repertoire, it arguably still works best in the festival conditions of Bayreuth, for which it was originally envisaged.

Between the "hundreds and hundreds" of roles written for castrati by Baroque composers and the increasing number of modern and contemporary composers writing for countertenors in operas, the repertoire for his voice type is "almost limitless," Costanzo says.

Sweeney Todd was honoured in 1980 for a production regarded by many at the time as a failure, and the show has since become a classic of the theatrical and even opera-house repertoire.

Founded the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, and has conducted opera and period repertoire all over the world.

The Animals has toured the world for three years and our first opera continues in repertoire in Berlin alongside three new productions licensed to other international opera houses.