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Actors playing a scene of the opera "Tannhaeuser" by German composer Richard Wagner at the Deutsche Oper am Rhen in Duesseldorf, western Germany.
Mme. Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (left) and Mrs. Oscar Ivanissevich arrive for opening night at the Metropolitan Opera, 1947.
Mme. Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (left) and Mrs. Oscar Ivanissevich arrive for opening night at the Metropolitan Opera, 1947.
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not published in original story. merlin caption: Director Gene Kelly rehearsing for the Paris Opera.
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A view from the balcony at the opening of new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in January 1966.
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Taiwan's Ming Yuan Opera Co. perform a rehearsal of the Chinese opera "The Legend of the Eight Fairies" at the National Theater
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The Sydney Opera House draws millions of visitors annually, but music insiders have been grumbling about the building's acoustics for years
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The Sydney Opera House, shown here in 1963, takes shape
John Soltes
The Opera House in Saigon.
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OPERA STAR: Angelika Kirchschlager is winning raves for her singing — and acting — in Sophie's Choice
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Opera CEO Jon S. Von Tetzchner has plans beyond the desktop
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HORSE OPERA: From left, Olyphant, Carradine, Dayton Callie and John Hawkes in Deadwood
Ballerinas at the Paris Opera, 1963.
Ballerinas at the Paris Opera, 1963.
Adolf Hitler makes keynote address at Reichstag session, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, 1939.
Adolf Hitler makes keynote address at Reichstag session, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, 1939.
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Replica of H.M.S. Bounty and Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales (N.S.W.), Australia, Pacific
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A tourist poses in front of the Sydney Opera House in Australia
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Chinese visitors are seen in a hall of the Guangzhou Opera House in April 2010
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A local citizen shouts an anti-government slogan in front of the building of the Hungarian National Opera on January 2, 2012
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Lauren Cuthbertson and Sergei Polunin in the Royal Opera House's "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland"
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David Cronenberg, director of The Fly at the L.A. Opera
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Makiko Esumi in 'Pistol Opera,' part of the New York Asian Film Festival 2002
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Ai Weiwei attends an opera premiere in Germany in October 2009
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American opera singer Beverly Sills in 1965.
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Lebanese diva Fayrouz performs in Syria for the first time in two decades at the Damascus Opera House, January 28, 2008.
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FRESH FACES: Czech opera singers Píchova, far left, and Polaskova
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South Korean pop singer, dressed in military uniform, during the 2012 Korea-Vietnam Friendship Concert at the Opera House in Hanoi March 21, 2012.
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not published in original story - merlin caption: Director Gene Kelly rehearsing his ballet for the Paris Opera
Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
not published in original story - merlin caption: Actor Gene Kelly dancing on the steps of the grand staircase of the Opera, during preperations for his jazz ballet, "Pas de Dieux"
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not published in original story - merlin caption: Director Gene Kelly talking at party following premiere of his ballet at the Paris Opera.
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Tens of thousands protested against Hungary's new constitution which critics said curbed democracy, in front of the Opera in Budapest on January 2, 2012, while the governing centre-right government celebrated the new law at a gala event
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not published in original story - merlin caption: Director Gene Kelly and ballerina Claude Bessy taking a curtain call at premier of his ballet for the the Paris Opera.
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Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate of 1999, Egyptian professor Ahmed Zewail speaks during a symposium held in the Opera house in Cairo, Egypt, February 13, 2010.
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Marina Poplavskaya perfoms as Elisabeth during the final dress rehearsal of Guiseppe Verdi's" Don Carlo" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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Screenwriter Mark Boal poses in the media room of the British Academy Film Awards 2010 at the Royal Opera House in London
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Colin Firth holds the award for best actor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London, February 13, 2011
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NOISY BUT NICE: John Adams dissonant opera Doctor Atomic
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Sam Archer performs the title roll in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, which is playing at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, NY.
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In this image released by NBC, opera singer Neal E. Boyd, an insurance salesman from Sikeston, Mo., performs on an episode of the NBC talent competition, "America's Got Talent," on Sept. 24, 2008 in Studio City, Calif.
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Bolstering the argument that today's stars are a little flat: The setup for the British Academy Film Awards ceremony at The Royal Opera House in London.
KATHARINA HESSE
Arts and Culture: Forget about the opera-today's Grand Tourists can take in a punk concert in Beijing
Stephan L. Dupuis
METAMORPHOSIS: Man becomes bug, via stage make-up, in the Fly opera
“These ballet girls, shown in another pose on the front cover of this issue of LIFE, are part of the American Ballet corps which will serve as dancers in Metropolitan Opera productions this season.”
"These ballet girls, shown in another pose on the front cover of this issue of LIFE, are part of the American Ballet corps which will serve as dancers in Metropolitan Opera productions this season."
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"Chorus of approval" Jessica Pratt starred as Armida in Garsington's production of the Rossini opera last June
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