Opera
- Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel – Muzio Scevola
- Nicola Porpora – Eumene
- Alessandro Scarlatti – La Griselda
- Georg Philipp Telemann – Der Geduldige Socrates
- Antonio Vivaldi – La Silvia'
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Famous quotes containing the word opera:
“The opera house sparkled with tiers
And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)
“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)
“The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)