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chamber opera

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chamber opera

A type of opera written for few singers without chorus and a small orchestra often consisting entirely of solo instruments. Well-known examples are Strauss's Ariadne auf Náxos (1916) and Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw (1954).



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When Upshaw makes time for opera now, it's generally for new works, like Golijov's chamber opera ``Ainadamar'' and Kaija Saariaho's much-lauded ``L'Amour de Loin.
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