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Opera

The Opera House viewed from the Woodstock Square.

Woodstock, Illinois

Woodstock Opera House

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

Berthold Laufer's cylinders: one row for vocals, the other for instruments.

Do These Tubes Hold the Oldest Known Stereo Recordings?

In 1901, a traveling researcher recorded some Chinese opera, and accidentally made music history.

Matthew Taub July 15, 2020

The Flying Donkey

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

A scene from an opera is performed at the Opera in Focus puppet theater.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Opera in Focus Puppet Theater

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Masks for Ars Minerva's production of <em>Ifigenia</em>.

A San Francisco Troupe Is Spicing Up Forgotten Baroque Operas

Expect sequins, aerialists, and LGBTQ love triangles.

Samantha London November 14, 2018

Inyo County, California

Amargosa Opera House

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.