Opera by Dennis Marks

Opera by Dennis Marks

Author:Dennis Marks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015-08-20T16:00:00+00:00


WAR AND OPERA

War has had a serious impact on the opera houses of Europe. Inevitably, German opera houses suffered most during World War II, with those of Cologne, Hamburg, Dresden and Stuttgart among dozens destroyed. The elegant Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin was comprehensively trashed by the RAF but was swiftly rebuilt and now boasts an intimacy that belies its 1,400 seats, as well as a reputation for the highest musical and theatrical standards in Europe. In England too, war disrupted opera, with the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden converted for use as a dance hall, and Sadler’s Wells Theatre as a shelter for homeless Londoners.



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