| Websites
that remember
the Operas
and the Opera Stars Willa Cather on the Opera House: wonderful, nostalgic memories of the opera houses in Nebraska Music for the Nation: the Library of Congress collection of sheet music from 1820 to 1855 Historic American Sheet Music: selected from the collections of Duke University, 1850-1920 America Singing: nineteenth-century songsheets Parlor Songs: popular sheet music from the 1800s to the 1920s Historic Opera: a remarkable collection of postcards bearing historic opera images-- opera stars and opera houses  The
Guide to the World of Light Opera and Operetta: for lovers of
operettas and their composersEuropean Operetta 1850-1880: from a history of musicals website Jacques Offenbach: the son of a Jewish cantor in Cologne who became the French master of opéra-bouffe and opéra-comique Michael W. Balfe: the life, times and works of the eminent Dublin born, 19th century composer of 28 operas Music in the Works of James Joyce: "I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls" from The Bohemian Girl; hear the music, see the lyrics and read the notes Tabor Opera House: history and current status of Leadville's famous landmark Baby Doe: detailed account of Horace Tabor and his opera houses in Leadville and Denver National Trust Library's Gene A. Chesley Collection: opera houses, theaters and performances halls of interest to preservationists Opera: plots, music, history and composers |
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"I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls" from Balfe's The Bohemian Girl  Click on picture
at right to hear "Romanza" from Auber's Fra Diavalo |
Some historic Opera Houses across America McPherson Opera House Kansas Stoughton Opera House Madison, Wisconsin Grand Opera House Oshkosh, Wisconsin  Fredonia Opera House New York Lexington Opera House Kentucky City Opera House Traverse City, Michigan Grand Opera House Dubuque, Iowa Barre Opera House Vermont Claremont Opera House New Hampshire Eureka Opera House Nevada Howells Opera House Oakley, Idaho Grand Opera House, Galveston, Texas Sandwich Opera House Illinois Cedarville Opera House Ohio Bardavon Opera House Poughkeepsie, New York Woodward Opera House Mount Vernon, Ohio Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut |
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"Tis the Last Rose of Summer" by Thomas Moore ... used by Flotow in Martha |
Vintage Opera Posters
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