Opera
- Michael Abels – Homies and Popz
- John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
- Carlisle Floyd – Cold Sassy Tree
- Cristóbal Halffter – Don Quijote
- Jake Heggie – Dead Man Walking
- Michael Nyman – Facing Goya
- Poul Ruders – The Handmaid's Tale
- Sheila Silver – The Thief of Love
- Richard Thomas – Tourette's Diva
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Famous quotes containing the word opera:
“Opera once was an important social instrument—especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi people were listening to opera together and having the same catharsis with the same story, the same moral dilemmas. They were holding hands in the darkness. That has gone. Now perhaps they are holding hands watching television.”
—Luciano Berio (b. 1925)
“To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
—Billie Burke (1885–1970)
“The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)