SOAP OPERA · I. INTRODUCTION 1. Origin/History The soap opera form first developed on American radio in the 1920s‚ and expanded into television starting in the 1940s‚ and is normally shown during the daytime‚ hence the alternative name‚ daytime serial. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 with the serial Faraway Hill. The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio‚ the commercials aired during the shows
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History Manila Grand Opera Hotel The Manila Grand Opera House was built in the mid-19th century as the H.T. Hashim’s National Cycle Track‚ a circular wooden structure with a nipa roof. 1890‚ the name was changed to the Teatro Nacional (National Theater)‚ where the Russian Circus and some American theater companies performed. The name was subsequently changed to the Manila Grand Opera House after an extensive expansion of the original theater and its conversion to an opera house in time for the
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Term 4 Beijing Opera Seminar Beijing Opera or Peking Opera has a history of over 200years and is believed to of begun in 1790 during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. During his 55th reign the four largest Huiban opera troupes‚ consisting of 360 individual types of operas‚ combined. After a century of evolving the Beijing Opera was formed as an opera that best represented all of the operas in China. Beijing Opera became a blend of music‚ art‚ acrobatics‚ dance and
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Special Features of Beijing Opera performance Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music‚ vocal performance‚ mime‚ dance and acrobatics. The 4 roles in Beijing opera are Sheng(生),Dan(旦),Jing(净),Chou(丑). The Dan(旦)refers to any female role in Beijing opera. Dan roles were originally divided into five subtypes. Old women were played by laodan(老旦),martial women were wudan(武旦),young female warriors were daomadan, virtuous and elite women were qingyi(青衣), and vivacious
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The term opera seria refers to the noble and ‘serious’ style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from 1710- 1770 however this term was rarely used during this time and only really attained common usage when it was becoming unfashionable. The phrase opera buffa was first used as an informal description of the Italian comic operas which were especially associated with developments in Naples during the first half of the eighteenth century. The development of the opera buffa was parallel with
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Research paper Opera: Timeless or Timed out What is Opera’s appeal? what makes it timeless as an art form? However‚ is it now as timeless as it once was? According to Leon Boutstein a writer for The Musical Quarterly “ out of all traditions in classical music of the western world opera has been the longest lasting of these art forms. … Despite in popular culture it being viewed as a representation of lavish wealth (Musical Quarterly 2015)”. Another important factor that Leon Boutstein points out
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something which is more classic than even rock and roll itself: an opera performance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. I had never planned on attending the opera. It just never seemed like "my thing." I grew up on a steady musical diet of electronic dance music and modern American rock music. It just so happened that one evening my sister and her husband had tickets to see a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s 1910 western opera La Fanciulla del West was the same evening a friend of her’s from
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The Phantom of the Opera Review The Phantom of the Opera is a play written by Andrew Lloyd Webber that is an adaptation from the novel of the same name. It premiered on September 27‚ 1986 at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in London‚ England in New York City. Its Broadway premiere was on January 26‚ 1988 at the Majestic Theatre. The production is still currently running at the Majestic Theatre and at many other venues around the world. The writer‚ Andrew Lloyd Webber‚ is from London‚ England
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The Phantom of the Opera The 2004 film‚ The Phantom of the Opera‚ directed by Joel Schumacher ‚ is an adaptation of the Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera‚ music and book by Andrew Llyod Webber. The musical The Phantom of the Opera is based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. The movie stars Gerard Butler as The Phantom‚ Emmy Rossum as Christine‚ and Patrick Wilson as Raoul‚ in the leading roles. While watching the movie‚ you can’t help but notice all of the spectacular sets. Each of the sets
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Case xx - Boston Lyric Opera Depended on digh donations from board members Opera is very expensive to produce Founded in 1976 Mission statement BLO BLO has 46 doard of directors and 51 board of overseers 1998 expanded moved theatre. From 890 -> 1500 seats BLO is the fastest growning firm BLO challenges: More subcribers to doners Attact more funding Contemplate a 2200 seat facility Participants of the BSC process Janice (general director‚ driving force) Sue (introduced the BSC to
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