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chamber opera

American  

noun

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


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Huang’s previous chamber opera, “Book of Mountain and Seas,” which L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

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

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

Huang will conduct Seattle Opera’s production of “Bound,” the chamber opera he composed with librettist Bao-Long Chu, June 9-18 in Tagney Jones Hall at the Opera Center at Seattle Center.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023