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A performance of The Agony of Tarkin, a Coruscanti opera
- "Yes, it's amazing how those performers can sing for five hours straight. They must train their voices for years before they can carry out such a feat of musical daring."
- ―Wendell Wright-Sims, scrutinizing The Kallea Cycle
An opera was a theatrical work set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment. It was a form of music popular amongst socialites and was considered mind-improving,[1] while commoners often found it annoying.[2] Casino owner Jacc Mandelbrot was known to enjoy singing long stretches of opera in a deep, booming voice,[3] and the Sith Lord and Galactic Emperor Palpatine himself was an opera lover.[4]
Famous operas included The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths[5] and The Agony of Tarkin.[6] Many cultures throughout the galaxy produced their own brand of opera, from the Corellian Humans[5] to the pig-like Gamorreans[2] and the amphibious Mon Calamari.[1]
The term was also used as a metonymy to designate houses in which such dramas were performed, such as the Coruscant Opera[5] or the Jediboh Opera.[7]
Subgenres
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Notable opera enthusiastsEdit
The Opera House on Coruscant
- Palpatine[4]
- Notluwiski Papanoida[8]
- Romeo Treblanc[9]
- Finis Valorum[5]
- Jacc Mandelbrot[3]
- Thoris Darus[10]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- Cloak of Deception
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Rise of Clovis" (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith novelization
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comics
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Tiny Death Star (Non-canonical appearance)
- "Galaxywide NewsNets"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 5 (Mentioned only)
- "An Old Flame in Need..."—Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook (Mentioned only)
- Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 2
- "Death Is Remotely Possible"—The DarkStryder Campaign
- X-Wing: Isard's Revenge (Mentioned only)
- Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (Mentioned only)
SourcesEdit
- "Peekoine Opera Blues"—Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer 88
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
- Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Suns of Fortune
- Fly Casual
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republic Commando: Triple Zero
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cloak of Deception
- ↑ Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand
- ↑ "Peekoine Opera Blues"—Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer 88
- ↑ Papanoida, Baron in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Treblanc, Romeo in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Darth Plagueis
External linksEdit
- Opera on Wikipedia
