Sentence examples for role of opera from inspiring English sources

The role of opera impresario is not a new one to Mr. Kim.

Fischer relishes the role of opera director, which conductors rarely undertake.

Some of Lincoln Center's faults -- the acoustics of Avery Fisher Hall and of the New York State Theater in its makeshift role of opera house -- are well known.

The role of opera in the book is perhaps mostly a matter of tone: "The Metropolis Case" is driven by the same mix of exuberance and morbidity, fatalism and erotic energy.

(Nov. 14 at 8 and Nov. 17 at 1). | Renée Fleming revisits the role of opera's favorite kept woman — Violetta — in Zeffirelli's fulsome production of "La Traviata".

(Nov. 14 at 8 and Nov. 17 at 1). | Renée Fleming revisits the role of opera's favorite kept woman Violetta in Zeffirelli's fulsome production of "La Traviata".

At the centre of it all, of course, is one of the great star roles of opera.

Beatriz Michelena was reportedly born in New York City in 1890, six years after her sister Vera Michelena, and around the same time that her father, Fernando Michelena (1858-1921), a noted Venezuelan-born tenor, was singing the title role of the opera Ernani with a traveling theatre company that performed famous operas translated to English for American audiences.

There is endless controversy over the role of the opera director.

"That is not the role of an opera house, in my opinion".

In the role of the opera gala chairwoman, however, Brooke Adams (Mr. Shalhoub's wife) is egregiously miscast, utterly lacking the Margaret Dumont-ishness that the part cries out for.