Recent Examples on the WebFormer winners have gone on to grace the stages of major opera houses around the world, demonstrating the competition’s track record of nurturing and launching successful careers in opera.—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024 New spending freezes and austerity budgets, triggered by restrictions on government debt, spell trouble for a capital that still has three major opera houses.—Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024 Bertha is not jumping the line, so she is not accepted into that opera house.—EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023 The rest will go toward her son and potentially some future travel she’s been thinking of: a five-day horseback riding trip through Tuscany and a trip to the San Carlo opera house in Naples.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024 For his role as Erik, the disfigured organist who haunts the catacombs of the Paris opera house, Chaney underwent a dramatic — and painful — transformation that involved pulling back his nostrils with piano wire to create a skeletal look.—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024 Scattered throughout the sprawling opera house’s five floors were various dance parties catering to any and all musical preferences, some of which continued until 5 a.m.
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Our bad!—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024 Though few opera houses operate at the scale and expense of the Met, the company is still seen as an indicator of vital signs for the industry.—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024 The passengers are on their way to hear the great diva Florencia Grimaldi sing at the Belle Époque opera house in Manaus, Brazil.—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
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