opera house

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The Academy of Music was once New York City’s most elegant opera house.

From Literature

The old opera houses, places like La Fenice and Milan’s La Scala, have long played an outsize role in public life.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vaudeville troupes traveled the country by rail, performing at sites from small-town opera houses to urban theaters seating several thousand people.

From The Wall Street Journal

Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.

From The Wall Street Journal

But only a short walk away, at the world’s most storied opera house, all that fanfare fades into Wagnerian gloom.

From The Wall Street Journal