This text tells how opera, steeped in European aristocratic tradition, was transplanted into the democratic cultural enviroment of America. It includes vignette
From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt—and what it means for the f
Features OPERA America, an association that serves the field of opera by providing information, technical, and administrative resources to the opera community.
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