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chamber opera

American  

noun

  1. an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.


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Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge’s chamber opera, in which noted intellectuals and artists flee 1941 France.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

And William Kentridge’s latest chamber opera, which is having its U.S. premiere at the Wallis in Beverly Hills, lives up to that title as one of the celebrated South African artist’s most astonishing works.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

On May 19, Seattle-based Music of Remembrance presents the world premiere of this one-act chamber opera as its season finale before taking the production on tour to San Francisco and Chicago.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Brant said when Cremo first asked if he’d be interested in helping adapt his play, “I was thinking maybe a chamber opera on a less grand scale.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

A chamber opera about refugee children and the trauma of mass displacement will premiere next year at Spoleto Festival USA, the organization in Charleston, S.C., announced on Saturday.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2023