Ballets, Operas, and Opera Houses on Postage Stamps

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Abduction from Seraglio, The

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(In German: Die Entfurung aus dem Serail). Opera in 3 acts by Mozart; libretto by Gottlob Stephanie, based on Andre's "Belmont und Constanze"; premiered at Burgtheatre in Vienna on July 16, 1782.

Abduction from Seraglio, The

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The story takes place at the Pasha's palace in Turkey, Pasha's servant Osmin is in love with Constanze's maid Blonde, the lovers plan to escape, get caught, but Pasha pardons and frees them.

Agripina

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Opera in 3 acts by Handel; libretto by Vincenzo Grimani; premiered in Venice on December 26, 1709.

It is Handel's only one of two operas produced in Italy during his three-year stay(other-Rodrigo).

Auber-Fra Diavolo

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Fra Diavolo is an opera comique in three acts by French composer Daniel-Esprit Auber, first performed at the Opera-Comique, Paris on January 28, 1830. It is based on the life of the Napolitan bandit Michele Pezza, active in the southern Italy in the period of 1800-1806.

It was considered as the most successful work of comic opera before Offenbach.

The stamp shows composer Auber and the score page of the opera.

Aida

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Opera in 4 acts by Verdi; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni from the French prose of Camille du Locle, plot by Mariette Bey, premiered in Cairo December 24, 1871.

Aida was not, as generally supposed, written for the openning of the Suez Canal(1869), but was commissioned by the Khedive of Egypt to open the new Cairo Opera House the same year.

Aida - Characters, Stage and Costumes

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The main characters are:

Aida, Radames, Amneris(princess of Egypt) and Amonasro(King of Ethiopia, father of Aida)

Aida - Verdi's portraits

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Aida music score, and Verdi's birth place, La Roncole near Parma, Italy.

Aida in Egypt

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The story takes place in ancient Egypt - love triangles between Radames(captain of the Egyptian guard), Aida(princess of Ethiopia, slave-girl), and Amneris(princess of Egypt, the King's daughter), hoping to marry Radames.

Aida/Cairo Opera House

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Aida was commissioned by the Egyptian government for the openning of Cairo Opera House in 1869, but was postponed till 1871.

All Well That Ends Well

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A Shakespeare's play; two composers wrote operas based on this subjec: Audran and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian composer.

American Broadway Musicals

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The American Musical has been a part of American cultural life since the mid-19th century.

At the turn of 20th-century, George Cohan, librettist, lyricist, and composer, established the basic methods and techniques for the American Comedy. In 1927 "Show Boat" by Jerome Kern revolutionized to new genre-the musical play as distingwished from musical comedy.

After "Oklahoma", Rogers and Hammerstein II were the most important contributions to the musical-play form.

Andrea Chenier

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Opera in 4 acts by Umberto Giordano; libretto by Luigi Illica; premiered in Milan, June 1789.

The stamp shows composer and the score of the opera.

Aniara

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Opera by Karl-Birger Blomdahl, a Swedish composer; libretto by Lindegren based on the poem by Harry Martinson; premiered in 1959.

The plot is: Controlled by the computer Mima, the space ship Aniara leaves the poisoned earth heading to Mars. The opera deals with the relationship between the individual and the group through time.

Bavarian State Opera

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National Theatre, Munich or The Bavarian Staatsoper is an opera company based in Munich, Germany in existance since 1653. The noted conductors were: Gustave Mahler,

von Bulow, Richard Strauss... Zubin Metha. The current conductor is Kent Nagano.

Bohemian(Czech) Operas

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(1) Dalibor - a Czech opera in 3 acts by Smetana;

(2) Jakobin - a Czech opera in 3 acts by Dvorak

(3) Janufa(Jeji pastorkyna) - a Czech opera in 3 acts by Janacek.

Ballo in Maschera, Un

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(A Masked Ball), Opera in 3 acts by Verdi; libretto by Somma based on Scribe's libretto for Auber's Gustave III ou Le Bal Masque. Premiered in Rome on February 11, 1861.

Bank Ban

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A Hungarian opera composed by Ferenc Erkel. It is a tale of love, fidelity and infidelity, treachery, struggle against oppression and high human aspiration.

Barber of Seville, The

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(In Italian: Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Opera in 2 acts by Rossini; libretto by Sterbini, after Beaumarchais's comedy; premiered in Rome on April 20, 1816.

Bartered Bride, The

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(In Czech: Prodana Nevesta), Opera in 3 acts by Smetana; libretto by Sabina; premiered in Prague on May 20, 1866.

The story takes place during spring festival time in a village in Bohemia.

Bayadere, The

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(The Temple Dance) is a ballet, originally staged in 4 acts and 7 tableaux by Murius Petipa, Russian choreographer, to the music of Ludwig Minkus. It was first performed by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg on February 4, 1877.

Bettelstudent, Der

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(The Beggar Student), An operetta in 3 acts by Carl Millocker with German libretto by Zell and Genee, based on "Les Noces de Fermande" and "The lady of Lyons"; premiered at Theatre un der Wein, Vienne on December 6, 1882.

Bianca e Falliero

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Two acts operatic melodrama by Rossini to an libretto by Felice Romani, based on Antonio-Vincent Arnalt's play "les Venitiens, ou Blanche et Montcasin".

Biches, Les

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A ballet with music by Francis Poulenc, premiered by Ballet Russes in 1924. Poulenc based his work on the painting of Watteau that depicted Louis XIV and various women in his "Parc aus Biches"; the word Biche usually translated as hind, or female deer.

Boheme, La

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Opera in 4 acts by Puccini; libretto by Giacosa and Illica, after Henri Murger's "Scenes de la Vie de Boheme"; premiered in Turin on February 1, 1896.

Bolshoi Theater

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(In Russian: Bol'shoy Teatr, Large, Grand Theater), it a historic theatre in Moscow, designed by architect Joseph Bove, which holds performances of opera and ballet

Boris Godounov

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Opera in 4 acts, with a prologue, by Mussorgsky; libretto by the composer after Pushkin's drama-"The Comedy of the Distress of the Muscovite State, of Tsar Boris, and of Grishka Otrepiev" and Karamazin's "History of the Russian Empire"; premiered the whole opera in St. Petersburg on February 8, 1874.

Boris Godounov

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Born to Dance

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Cole Porter's songs and tap dancing highlight this musical comedy about a sailor who romances two dancers in New York

Britten's Prodigal Son

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Prodigal Son is an opera by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by William Plomer. Based on the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son; premiered at Oxford Church, Suffolk on June 10, 1968.

Bucharest Opera House

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Opera House in Bucharest, Romania. Originally a part of National Theater, on December 8, 1921 the new institution inaugurated the performance of Lohengrin conducted by George Enescu thus became the Bucharest Opera House.

Budapest Opera House

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Hungarian State Opera House is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Pest, a part of Budapest. It was designed by Miklos Ybl, a Hungarian architect, the construction lasted from 1875 to 1884. The first music director was Frenec Erkel, other known conductors were: Gustave Mahler, Otto Klemperer.

Burgtheater, Vienna

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Originally known as K. K. Theater an der Burg, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatre in the world.

Three Mozart's operas premiered there; The Abduction of Serail, The Marriage of Figaro, and Cosi Fan Tutte.

On March 12, 1945 the theater was largely destroyed during the war, then it was restored between 1953-1955.

Carmen

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Opera in 4 acts by Bizet; libretto by Meilhac and Halevy, after Merimee's "nouvelle"; premiered in Paris on March 3, 1875.

Carmen

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Opera "Carmen":

Act I - A Square in Seville in about 1820.

Act II - Lillas Pastia's tavern, a smugglers' haunt.

Act III - The smugglers' cave.

Act IV - Outside the Seville bullring.

Carmina Burana

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Scenic cantata by Orff; Latin text based on poems in Latin, Old German, and Old French; premiered in Frankfurt on June 8, 1937.

Caserio, El

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The farmhouse lyrical comedy in 3 acts with music by de Jesus Guridi; premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on November 11, 1926.

Cavalleria Rusticana

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Opera in 1 act by Mascagni; libretto by Mensaci and Targioni-Tozzetti, after Verga's drama based on his story. Winner of the contest for a 1-act opera organized by Sonzogno in 1880. Premiered in Rome on May 17, 1890.

Cinderalla

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A ballet with music by Sergei Prokofiev and the originally choreographed by Frederick Ashton.

Clemenza di Tito, La

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Opera in 2 acts by Mozart; libretto by Metastasio, altered by Mazzola; premiered in Prague on September 6, 1791.

The plot concerns the unremitting clemency of a Roman emperor to conspirators against him.

Some 20 other composers wrote the same story to operas including Gluck.

Conlon Opera House

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The opera house in Buenos Aris, Argentina.

Cosi Fan Tutti

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Opera in 2 acts by Mozart; libretto by Da Ponte based on a supposedly true incident; premiered in Vienna on January 26, 1790.

Cossacks beyond the Danube

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A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by Semen Hulak-Artmovsky.

The opera, premiered with Russian libretto on April 26, 1863 at St. Petersburg, is one of the best-known Ukrainian operas depicting national themes.

Croatian Opera House

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The Croatian National Theater in Zagreb was established in 1840. In 1870 a national opera company was formed based out of the theater. The theater moved to current building in 1895.

Ivan Zajc was the first conductor, Jackov Gotovac was the theater's opera conductor from 1923 to 1958.

Cuca e Maleve

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(Cuca's Mountains), an Albanian film of musical drama ballet, produced in Albania in 1974.

Cuvillies Theater

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Old Residence Theatre is the former court theatre of the residence in Munich. It was built from 1751 to 1753 by Francois de Cuvillies in rococo style.

Many operas were staged here by the Bavarian State Opera, including the premieres of Mozart's "Idomeneo" in 1781 and Carl Maria von Weber's "Abu Hassan" in 1811.

It was modernised from 2004-2008, and on June 14, 2008, the theatre re-opened with Mozart's "Idomeneo"-a new production.

El Nino Judo

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(The Jewish Boy), a zarzuela in 2 acts by Luna; libretto by Paso and Alvarez.

Elisabeth

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German-language musical with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life and death of Empress consort of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Empreor Franz Josepf I. It is the most successful German-language musical of all time.

Damascus Opera House

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(Officially Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts), is the national opera house of Syria. It was inaugurated on May 7, 2004. The opera house is a part of a building complex along with Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts, the Higher Insitute for Music and the Ballet School.

Damnation of Faust, The

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Legende dramatique in 4 acts by Berlioz; libretto by composer and Gandoonietre, after Gerard de Nerval's French version of Goethe's Faust, incorporating Huit Scenes de Faust. Concert performance in Paris on December 6, 1846.

Daughter of Gudule, The

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A ballet choreographed by Alexander Gorky, with music by Anton Simon.

Daughter of Regiment, The

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(In Italian: La Fille du Regiment), Opera in 2 acts by Donizetti; libretto by Bayard; premiered in Paris on February 11, 1840.

Marie, brought up in a regiment by Sulpice, loves Tonio, but when it announced that she is a Countess's niece she has to leave. The Countess teaches Marie noble ways; French soldiers, Tonio among them, storm the castle, and Marie succeeds, with the soldiers' help, in getting her way and returning to Tonio.

Deutsche Opera Berlin

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Dido and Aeneas

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Opera in a prolugue and 3 acts by Purcell; libretto by Nahum Tate, after Book 4 of Virgil's Aeneid; premiered in England, December, 1689.

various version of the opera survive, the one most generally accepted by scholars being the manuscript now in the Library of St. Michael's College, Tenbury.

Display, The

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The Display was the first ballet that Robert Helpmann choreographed for the Australian Ballet. With music by Malcolm Williamson, it premiered at the Adelaide Festival on March 14, 1964.

The Display explored ideas of hostility and aggression in Australian society and its name refers to the mating dance of the lyrebird, for which the ornithological term is display. The work was an important milestone for the Australian Ballet.

Don Carlos

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Opera in 5 acts by Verdi; Libretto by Mery and Du Locle after Schillwe's drama; premiered in Paris, March 11, 1867.

Don Giovanni

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Opera in 2 acts by Mozart; libretto by Da Ponte, after the Don Juan legend and particularly after Bertati's play; premiered at national Opera house, prague on October29, 1787.

Don Giovanni

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Don Giovanni

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Don Giovanni

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Don Quixote

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A ballet originally staged in 4 acts and 8 scenes with music by Ludwig Minkus, based on Cervantes' novel "Don Quixote de la mancha".

It was premiered by the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow on December 26, 1869, choreographed by Marius Petipa.

Since then various changes of scenaries were made.

Dona Francisquita

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A Zarzuela(Spanish operetta) in 3 acts by Vives; libretto by Romero and Guillermo Shaw, based on Lope de Vega's play "La discreta enamorada(The ingenous lovers). With its colorful score and comic story of multiple love triangles which ends happily for the young lovers, Fracisquita and Fernando.

Dragon and Jana, The

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Ballet by Khristo Manolov, based on a drama "The Dragon's Wedding" by P. Todorov, and probably drawn from a folk tale, 5 acts, prologue and epilogue. Premiered in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 11, 1937.

Dresden Opera House(Semperoper)

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The Semperoper is the opera house of the Saxon State Opera and the concert hall of the Sachsische Staatskagelle in Dresden. It was first designed and built by architect Gottfried Semper in 1841.

The building style is Early-Renaissance, Baroque and even features Corinthian style pillars typical of classical Greece. It was destroyed during WWII, rebuilt and reopened on February 13, 1985.

Dying Swan, The

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The Dying Swan is based on the music by Camille Saint-Saens(from "The Carnival des animaux" suite) and choreographed by Michel Fokine.

Egle-the Queen of Serpents

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Egle the Queen of Serpents is considered one of the most archaic and best-known Lithuanian fairy tales and the richest in references of Baltic mthology. The opera was composed by Lithuanian composer Mikhail Petrauskas.

Ernani

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Opera in 4 acts by Verdi; libretto by Piave after Hugo's drama Hernani, premiered in Venice on March 9, 1844.

Erwartung

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Mimo-drama in 1 act by Schoenberg; libretto by Pappenheim; premiered in Prague on June 6, 1924.

Schoenberg's first opera. It has one character, a woman who searches for her lover in a dark wood; she stumbles upon his dead body, and sings over it of the other woman who stole him and of the night in which she is abondoned.

Jesse Norman is in the title role.

Eugene Onigen

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Opera in 3 acts by Tchaikovsky; libretto by Shilovsky and the composer after Pushkin's poem; premiered in Moscow on march 29, 1879.

The picture is Sobinov, Russian tenor, in the title role.

Falstaff

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Opera in 3 acts by Verdi; libretto by Boito after Shakespeare's comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Henry IV"; premiered in Milan on February 9, 1893 .

Faust

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Opera in 5 acts by Gounod; libretto by Barbier and Carre, after Goethe's poem ; premiered in Paris on March 19, 1859.

One of the most successful operas written, with translations in at least 25 languages.

Faust

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Faust

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Fidelio

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Opera in 3 acts by Beethoven; libretto by Sonnleithner, based on a German version of Bouilly's "Leonore, ou L'Amour Conjugal"; premiered in Vienna on November 20, 1805. The original version was altered and reduced to 2 acts by Stefan von Breuining in 1806; given final version by Georg Treitschke in 1812.

Firebird, The

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A ballet by Igor Stravinsky; based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. The music was premiered as a ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on June 25, 1910.

Flames of Paris, The

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A 4-acts classical ballet with music by Boris Asafiev, based on songs of the French Revolution and book by Nicolai Volkov.

It was first presented at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad on November 7, 1932.

The Flames of Paris is a so-called "Revolutionary" and takes as its subject the French Revolution, including in its scenario and the storming of the Tuileries by the Marsellais and their victorious march on Paris.

Fledermaus, Die(The Bat)

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Operetta in 3 acts by Johann Strauss, II; libretto by Haffner and Genee, after a French comedy "Das Gefangnis"; premiered in Vienna on April 5, 1874.

Flying Dutchman, The

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(In German: Der Fliegende Hollander), opera in 3 acts by Wagner; libretto by composer after old legend as told in chapter 7 of Heine's "Aus den Memoirens des Herren von Schnabelewopski"; premiered in Dresden on January 2, 1842.

Forza del Destino, La

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(The Force of Destiny), opera in 4 acts by Verdi; Libretto by Piave, after the drama "Don Alvaro, o La Fuerza del Sino"; premiered in St. Petersburg, Court Theatre, on November 10, 1862.

Fosca, La

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Opera by Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on the novel "La Festa delle Marie". The story takes place during the 15th century in Venice and Istria, Italy.

The stamp shows Gomes and the opera stage scene.

Frankfurt Opera House

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The Opera House, heavily bombed down to its foundation walls during the WWII, was faithfully rebuilt to the original. On August 28, 1981, the inauguration of the Old Opera House was celebrated.

Throughout the year, there are performances of national and international ensembles and soloists in the Great Hall(2450 seats), famed for its excellent acoustics and fiited out in mahogany.

It is now the home of Oper Frankfurt(the Frankfurt Opera), a leading opera company in Germany.

Freischute, Der

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(The Freeshooter), opera in 3 acts by Carl Maria von Weber; libretto by Kind, after a tale in the "Gespensterbuch" of Johann Apel and Laun; premiered in Berlin on June 18, 1821.

FrENZy

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FrENZy features the music of Split Enz, one of the New Zealand's most loved bands. It is a showcase of New Zealand's artistic treasures - shows traditional Maori performance and takes the audience on a journey that is as kiwi as it comes.

Frog Tsarevna

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The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries.

Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov.

German State Opera, Berlin

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin is a prominent German opera company. The original building was constructed in 1741 and completed 1742.

In 1843 it was destroyed by fire, a new building, designed by Carl langhaus, was inaugurated.

The current conductor is Daniel Barenboim.

Gigantes y Cabezudos

2009-06-11T18:55:00.000-07:00

A Zarzuela(operetta) in 3 scenes with music by Manuel Caballero; libretto by Miguel de Echegaray; premiered at Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela on November 29, 1898.

Gioconda, La

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(The Joyful Girl), Opera in 4 acts by Ponchielli; libretto by "Tobia Gorrio", after Victor Hugo's drama "Angelo, Tyran de Padoue"; premiered in Milan on April 8, 1876.

Giselle

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A ballet in 2 acts, 2 scenes by Adolphe Adam, it was first presented by the Ballet du Theatre de L'Academie Royale de Musique, Paris, France, on June 28, 1841.

The choreography of nearly all modern productions derives from the revivals of Marius Pepita for the Imperial Ballet(1884, 1899, 1903).

Giselle

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Golden Cockerel, The

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(Coq D'or, Le), Opera in 3 acts by Rimsky-Korsakov; libretto by Byelsky, after Pushkin's poem;premiered in Moscow on October 7, 1909.The opera tells of the miraculous golden cockerel, given to the old King Dodon by the Astrologer, which crows at the sign of immenent danger. Dodon brings back the beautiful Queen of Shemakham to his capital; when the Astrologer demand payment for the cockerel he is killed by Dodon, and the cockerel kills the King.

Gondoliers, The

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(The King of Barataria), a Savoy Opera with music by Arthur Sullivan; libretto by Gilbert; premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 7, 1889.

The story of the opera concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria who arrives in Venice to join her husband. It turns out, however, that he cannot be identified, since he was entrusted to the care of a drunken gondolier who mixed up the prince with his own son.....

Guarany, Il

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A Romantic grand opera by Calos Gomes, a Brazilian composer. It is a large scale opera-ballet in four acts. It is known for its fast paced, high-energy music which is said to quote songs of the Guarani tribe of Brzilian Indians, for whom the opera is named. It is the first written by a composer of the Americans to become a major success in Europe.

Gypsy Baron, The

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(In Germany: Zigeunerbaron), an operetta in 3 acts by Johann Strauss, II; libretto by Iganz Schnitzer, based on "Saffi" by Mor Jokai; premiered at the Theater an der Wien on October 24, 1885. This is the colorful story of the marriage of a landowner and gypsy girl who revealed as the daughter of a Turkish pasha, and the rightful owner of a hidden treasure.

Halka

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(Helen) Opera in 4 acts by Stanislaw Moniuszko; libretto by Wolski, after Wojcicki's story "Goralka"; premiered in Vilnius, 1848.

The most popular Polish opera.

The story takes place in southern Poland near Krakow in the late eighteen century. Halka loves Janusz, who love Sophie. Janusz seduces Halka, but forsakes her; she kills herself while Jansz and Sophie are being married.

Hamlet

2009-06-10T18:52:00.000-07:00

Opera in 5 acts by Ambroise Thomas, libretto by Michel Carre and Jules Barbier based on Shakespeare's play with French adaptation; premiered at the Paris Opera on March 9, 1868.

Thirteen other composer composed operas with the same title..... Mercadante.. etc

Hans le Joueur de Flute

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Comic opera in 3 acts by Louis Ganne; libretto by Maurice and Mictchell; premiered in Monte Carlo on April 14, 1906.

Hansel and Gretel

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Opera in 3 acts by Humperdinck; libretto by Adelheid Wette(composers' sister), after Grimm brothers' story in "Kinder und Hausmarchen"; premiered in Weimar on December 23, 1893.

Hary Janos

2009-06-10T18:43:00.001-07:00

(John Hary). Opera in prologue, 5 parts, and epilogue by Zoltan Kodaly; libretto by Paulini anf Harsanyi after a poem by Janos Garay; premiered in Budapest on October 16, 1926.

Hary Janos is a famous liar in Hungarian folklore. The opera tells how Napoleon's wife competes with a peasant girl, Orase, for his love; how he defeats Napoleon's avenging army singled-handed; and how he returns home to Orzse.

Haunted Manor, The

2009-06-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

(Polish: Straszny dowr), Opera in 4 acts by Moniuszko composed in 1861-1864; libretto by Checinski. Despite being a romance and a comedy, it has strong Polish patriotism undertones, which made is both popular with Polish public and unpopular-to the point of being banned-bu Russian authorities whicg controlled most of Poland duing that era.

The opera is one of the most popular scores in Poland, the captivating Polish atmosphere.

Hrabina(The Countess)

2009-06-10T18:39:00.000-07:00

Opera in 5 acts by Stanislaw Moniuszko, libretto by Wilski, premiered in Warsaw on February 7, 1860.