Recent Examples on the WebThe children had just been told that the Costanzi, the capital’s opera house, had a resident phantom.—Elisabetta Povoledo Alessandro Penso, New York Times, 13 May 2024 The State Theatre Oldenburg’s imposing 18th-century opera house is the epic location where the festival holds its centerpiece premieres, as well the opening and closing ceremonies.—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 Most notably, the saloon and pool hall on the corner (in the background of the postcard) featured an opera house and dance hall upstairs, funded in part by donations from other local merchants.—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024 Former 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
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