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The house's garden
Mantova, Italy

Casa di Rigoletto

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.
Inside the opera house
Algiers, Algeria

Opera d'Alger (Algiers Opera House)

A new landmark that fosters cultural exchange between traditions.
For more than a decade, opera singer Daria Spada (center) and punk guitarist Maksim Cristan (far left) have performed free weekly concerts on their apartment balcony in Turin, Italy.
music

How an Apartment Balcony Became One of Italy's Best-Known Stages

Nothing—not city fines, a pandemic, or home renovations—can stop the music.
Simone Lai January 20, 2022
List

18 Places in Colorado to Discover Local Culture–From Past to Present

These places are a present from the past
Leadville, Colorado

Tabor Opera House

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Evans-Tibbs House
Washington, D.C.

Evans-Tibbs House

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.
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.
museums

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
Rome, Italy

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>.
performances

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.