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chamber opera

American  

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

Kessner’s opera, too, holds on to traditional opera values in a changing world and makes them and chamber opera matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 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

Huang will conduct Seattle Opera’s production of “Bound,” the chamber opera he composed with librettist Bao-Long Chu, June 9-18 in Tagney Jones Hall at the Opera Center at Seattle Center.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

The Perelman center’s artistic plans — it promises to showcase theater, dance, music, chamber opera and film — should come into focus on June 14 when it announces its first season.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

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