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chamber opera

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noun

  1. an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.


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Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge’s chamber opera, in which noted intellectuals and artists flee 1941 France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Huang’s previous chamber opera, “Book of Mountain and Seas,” which L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Brant said when Cremo first asked if he’d be interested in helping adapt his play, “I was thinking maybe a chamber opera on a less grand scale.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

A chamber opera about refugee children and the trauma of mass displacement will premiere next year at Spoleto Festival USA, the organization in Charleston, S.C., announced on Saturday.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

Set to piano, the 25-minute chamber opera takes place after Patroclus’ death.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023

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