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	Free music and video downloads of British Opera
		Opera, in fact, reflected elements of classical Greek and Roman thought and practice, but had an equal debt to its own immediate predecessors and to the society in which it developed.
		It was Italian opera, however, that entertained the fashionable world in the 18 th century, in spite of the damaging effect of the anti- opera of John Gay, The Beggar's Opera.
		This was followed by a remarkable series of works, chamber operas and operas for the larger stage, culminating in Death in Venice, based on the novella by Thomas Mann.
	ring.mithec.com /side/britishopera.html (711 words)

	The Haymarket Opera House \| British History Online
		In 1784 Parkyns MacMahon was secretary of the opera house and 'puff-master general to the fraternity of trustees'.
		The opera disputes of 1789—91 were commented on in several satirical prints of the time.
		241) Mapleson presented opera in 1877 and 1878; when he took possession of the theatre 'there was not a single seat in the house, not a particle of paper on the walls; neither a bit of carpet, nor a chair, nor a table anywhere', and £6000 was spent on furnishings alone.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=40570 (18645 words)

	The Beggar's Opera and British Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Opera, of course, had originated in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century as a form of music drama which (1) was all-sung (recitative was used for action dialogue; aria, for reflections on feeling), (2) had more than one act, and (3) featured elaborate scenes, machines, and stage decorations.
		Italian opera introduced a set of problems with which the British had to contend in defending their native forms, but it was neither always the instigator nor always the central player of the controversy.
		As 'Italian' (i.e., 'all-sung') operas threatened to take hold in the seasons of 1704–5 and 1705–6, creators of British opera felt the need to defend their native style more forcefully, to adopt the all-sung manner and music of Italian opera, to devise some new kind of native form, or a combination of these.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/663/663_gilman.html (8368 words)

	British opera
		British opera is opera which was composed either in Britain or by a composer of British nationality.
		Although not often granted masterpiece status (with the exception of Dido and Aeneas) in comparison to Italian or German opera, British opera is usually distinguished by beautiful music and formalized structure.
		Prominent British composers include Henry Purcell (the composer of Dido and Aeneas), Georg Friedrich Handel (though he was born in Germany, he spent his composing life in London), and in the 20th century Benjamin Britten who specialized in producing chamber operas.
	www.mp3.fm /British_opera.htm (129 words)

	Opera, MusicTheatre & Vocal - Music -British Council - Arts
		Opera and Music Theatre represent a particularly rich seam of cultural activity in Britain.
		Innovation is rife, and the Almeida Opera and the Genesis Opera Project are especially focused on nurturing new work.
		Birmingham Opera’s ground-breaking performance was the first of three British touring operas in Oporto during the Oporto Cultural Capital of Europe 2001 festival.
	www.britishcouncil.org /arts-music-opera.htm (399 words)

	TV Soap Opera Genre
		British soaps are distinctively different from these related genres in their debt to a social realist tradition (e.g.
		British and Australian soaps which are not in 'prime-time' slots typically operate on a small budget.
		British soap operas are often described as 'realistic', but what this means varies.
	www.aber.ac.uk /media/Modules/TF33120/soaps.html (4014 words)

	How British opera is killing itself
		All it would take to restore opera as a popular art form would be to present it in the vernacular, unsnobbishly and at a price affordable to the family purse.
		A view is forming, not unreasonably, that opera has reached saturation point in Britain, and most congestively in London where Covent Garden and English National Opera compete year round with visiting troupes at Sadlers Wells, the South Bank, the Barbican and the Proms, not to mention an incursion of festivals.
		The ROH is not quite out of the woods - no British opera house ever is - but under Tony Hall's temperate management the company has achieved a clear idea of its objectives, its audience and its public responsibilities.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/040624-NL-britishopera.html (1273 words)

	WJLA - Troubles Brew at English National Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		British opera companies receive neither the robust government support of counterparts in continental Europe nor the sophisticated system of sponsorship and tax breaks seen in the United States.
		"Opera is the most expensive and labor-intensive of all artistic forms, and yet there's not the same level of sponsorship as there is in the States," Allison said.
		Opera audiences - especially in Britain, the United States and Italy - tend to be conservative in their attitudes to staging, said Philip Gossett, a University of Chicago music professor.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0106/291968.html (965 words)

	British Opera's Ring of woes
		Thedemolition of Scottish Opera has been a long-planned joint production by a barbarous Scottish Executive and a clueless Arts Council – chaired until recently by ex-BBC Radio 4 boss James Boyle, who now heads the Cultural Commission which is supplying the excuses for his country's return to the dark ages.
		Which brings us wanly to English National Opera where the search for a music director to replace Paul Daniel – who resigned when it was indicated that his contract would not be renewed – is mired in mediocrity.
		One British baton made it clear that he would let his name be short-listed only on a written assurance that Sean Doran, ENO's artistic director, will be removed.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/041208-NL-ringofwoes.html (1054 words)

	British Conductor Composers: British Classical Music .COM - dedicated to British Classical Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Robinson, born in Leeds, studied at the RCM under Boult and was with the BBC from 1924, notably as conductor of the BBC Theatre Orchestra 1932-46 and its amplification, the BBC Opera Orchestra 1949-52.
		Warwick Braithwaite (1896-1971) was born in New Zealand and studied at the RAM He conducted opera, both early in his career - for the O Mara Company and for the BNOC in the 1920s - and later I recall his directing Madam Butterfly when the short-lived Yorkshire Opera performed this in Doncaster in 1969.
		He composed widely: an opera Pendragon (1939), a Symphony in E major, four overtures, a Suite of 18th Century Country Dances, broadcast on the BBC in October 1942, Crab Apple Fair, for orchestra, likewise broadcast, in July 1943, and a String Quartet.
	www.britishclassicalmusic.com /c-c.html (9785 words)

	OPERA:A BRITISH 'WAR AND PEACE' - New York Times
		There is still plenty of cheap pageantry and hollow rhetoric in the ''war'' scenes of the British version, but the claptrap is almost redeemed by the subtler treatment of the ''peace'' episodes that have gone before.
		The opera might better be called ''Peace and War,'' that being the sequence of events.
		Prokofiev, who wrote much of this opera while the Germans were invading the Soviet Union in World War II, meant to depict the beloved Kutuzov as an early model of Josef Stalin.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E5DC1539F93AA15755C0A962948260 (689 words)

	British Light Opera
		HE two forms of British light opera with which we will deal are comic opera and musical comedy.
		Both are lineal descendants of the ballad opera, that eighteenth-century protest against the Italian conquest of the London operatic scene, which began with the arrival of Handel, who visited London and produced his opera Rinaldo there in 1712.
		It was the success of Trial by Jury which decided D'Oyly Carte to embark on a policy of British comic opera, and there followed the famous series of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, beginning with The Sorcerer in 1877 and ending with The Grand Duke in 1896.
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/lightopera001.html (744 words)

	Opera in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The letter clearly highlights the lack of serious provision for opera in London (and therefore England) coupled with the feeling that this provision was necessary both to encourage the British composer, and to satisfy a perceived demand for this genre of entertainment.
		It appears that the public demand for opera was either changing, for reasons such as fashion or education, or that there was very little demand for opera, be it foreign or in English.
		Despite a rise of interest in British compositions and the genre of British opera - albeit in a seemingly small circle, led by Sullivan and Mackenzie - a premiere of a British piece was not a common occurrence.
	www.musicweb-international.com /brian/theoperas1.htm (1444 words)

	British Memorial Garden New York - Press Releases
		The British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization with oversight from the British Consulate-General and the St. George’s Society of New York.
		The British Memorial Garden was launched last April in the presence of Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, who presented the City with a box of heirloom seeds taken from Hampton Court Palace in England.
		The British Memorial Garden Trust New York, Inc. has been formed to oversee the planning for and development of the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square and, thereafter, to preserve the integrity and spirit of the completed garden in cooperation with the City of New York.
	www.britishmemorialgarden.org /releases03.html (3374 words)

	Janacek, The Cunning Little Vixen, Soloists, British Youth Opera & Southbank Sinfonia, Alex Ingrams (conductor), ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Even in the enclosed acoustic of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with its small proscenium, usually unsuitable for staged opera, this was an admirable achievement.
		British Youth Opera succeeded in giving a highly balanced performance that would have surely pleased the composer’s intentions of an opera that should work both visually and vocally.
		Vocally, British Youth Opera has always been capable of astute casting and that was the case here too.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /SandH/2004/May-Aug04/vixen.htm (504 words)

	ABC News: British Opera Stops Using Black Makeup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Royal Opera House would not discuss the reason for the timing of its new policy, which was announced within a day of Hensher's article.
		The Italian director of the opera, Mario Martone, accepted the decision not to use fl make-up on mezzo Stephanie Blythe, Millard said Monday.
		He added that operas calling specifically for fl characters "are incredibly rare," though exceptions to the policy are possible.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1333470&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (296 words)

	Most Popular British Opera Of 20th Century To Be Performed In St. Petersburg - Pravda.Ru
		The most popular British opera of the 20th century "The Turn of the Screw" will be performed in the Hermitage theatre, St. Petersburg.
		The opera was composed by Benjamin Britten on Henri James's novel of the same title.
		The cast of the opera will be international for the first time in the opera's history, the British Council told RIA Novosti.
	english.pravda.ru /culture/2001/11/29/22355_.html (427 words)

	The Dallas Opera - Rodelinda
		Swenson sang her first Manon for Michigan Opera and then won acclaim in the role at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and in the Paris Opera.
		She recently joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, where she was responsible for the role of Rossweisse, a portrayal she repeated in the Met Opera’s Japanese tour.
		Aida (Utah Opera and Opera Birmingham) and Azucena in
	www.dallasopera.org /the_season/050604-bios.php (1779 words)

	ASU Libraries: Opera - Musical Theater Subject Guide
		A dictionary, in German, of operas, composers, performers, conductors, directors, characters, and opera houses.
		Wlaschin, Ken. Opera on screen: a guide to 100 years of films and videos featuring operas, opera singers and operettas.
		In addition to the standard entries for individual operas, singers, conductors, etc., special subject entries are included.
	www.asu.edu /lib/subject/opera.htm (728 words)

	British Opera - Summer 2004 - Europe for Visitors
		Castleward Opera in Northern Ireland was founded in 1985 by Ian Urwin and Jack Smith, in a coach house belonging to Castle Ward - the National Trust estate on the shores of Strangford Lough, about 45 minutes’ drive from Belfast.
		Live relays from London’s Royal Opera House to giant screens in the Covent Garden Piazza and other locations around London and the UK will enable thousands of people to soak up the atmosphere of classic opera and ballet at no charge.
		This is the idyllic setting for open-air opera in the shape of The Marriage of Figaro (Friday) and The Barber of Seville (Saturday), performed by Opera Brava.
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/news/britain-opera-summer-2004.htm (775 words)

	Post-War British Opera, Part One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The competition is tough, a high standard having been set by the first recording (Decca 1959) with the composer as his own advocate and the creator of the title role, the unique Peter Pears, still a convincing protagonist.
		Another fifteen years passed before EMI took the Royal Opera House forces into the studio for the third time, now under the baton of Bernard Haitink, and once again we can hear an orchestra and chorus which have lived with this music almost since its creation.
		The composer recorded the opera (in primitive stereo) with the first cast shortly after the premiere with the unforgettable Jennifer Vyvyan as the Governess, Peter Pears as both Quint and the Narrator and the later to be famous David Hemmings as Miles (Decca).
	www.culturekiosque.com /opera/reviews/re1brits.htm (1098 words)

	Vancouver Opera :: VO Guild > Who We Are (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The mission of the Vancouver Opera Guild is to promote appreciation, availability and quality of opera in British Columbia through education, support and advancement of operatic excellence.
		The Vancouver Opera Guild is comprised of individuals whose interest in opera brought us together for a common cause.
		The Guild plans projects to benefit Vancouver Opera and young talent, organizes social events and coordinates tours to well known opera houses.
	www.vancouveropera.ca /voguild/who.html (399 words)

	Edith Coates, 74, of British Opera - New York Times
		Edith Coates, a mezzo-soprano in British opera for half a century, died Friday.
		After her debut at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1937, she became a founding member of the Covent Garden Opera Company.
		Coates is survived by her husband, Powell, a tenor and opera producer.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DB1338F93AA35752C0A965948260 (186 words)

	Night Shade Books Discussion Area: The New Space Opera
		I greatly admire certain of the"space opera" novels that have come out in the UK (Light, Polystom, and Justina Robson's work in particular), and I concur with Jeff V's assessment of the form, but the fact is that most of them don't do well in the States.
		Nonetheless, what British "space opera" may ultimately effect is to cause publishers in the States to push the envelope and allow US writers to make a living wage by writing what they're moved to write.
		What I would say though is that what seems to have happened is that the space opera written in the UK during that time started as a divergent strand in the evolution of the form, and seems to have become/be becoming the dominant creative expression of it.
	www.nightshadebooks.com /discus/messages/270/1171.html?1062589832 (6772 words)

	Opera, performing companies, opera singers
		Britain’s only full-time repertory opera company and one of the world’s few operatic ensembles.
		Opera Minima gives high quality opera performances in Great Easton in Leicestershire and across the East Midlands and further afield.
		(Derbyshire) the home of the Buxton International Opera Festival, which has developed into one of Britain's best known and largest opera-based festivals.
	www.britisharts.co.uk /opera.htm (158 words)

	Live opera for corporate, charity and private events.
		Overseas Opera Interludes has appeared at the Barbados Festival, The British Embassy in Paris, in Moscow during the state visit of Her Majesty the Queen, Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, and for the President of Malta at the Palace in Valletta.
		Over the last decade Opera Interludes has achieved a considerable reputation for presenting opera performances in country houses, livery halls, embassies, hotels and gardens under the Artistic Directorship of Philip Blake-Jones.
		A special event, whether corporate entertainment, charity, birthday, wedding or anniversary will be made even more memorable by Opera Interludes, with live performances designed to link perfectly with a dinner or reception.
	www.operainterludes.co.uk (398 words)

	Opera Language File For British English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After discussion over the spellings used for British English, I've written a script to generate a custom language file.
		This is for Opera 7.53, but should be fine in other versions.
		All content on this website (including text, photographs, audio files, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
	matt.blissett.me.uk /opera/opera_en_GB (161 words)

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