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The American Opera Company was the name of four different opera companies active in the United States. The first company was a short-lived opera company founded in New York City in February, 1886 that lasted only one season. The second company was based out of Rochester, New York and was active from the mid-1920s up until 1930 when it went bankrupt not too long after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 . The third opera company was a short lived company located in Trenton , New Jersey that was active in 1937. The
The first American Opera Company was founded in 1886 by well known arts patron Jeannette Meyers Thurber who had just founded the National Conservatory of Music of America a few months earlier. Based in New York City, the American Opera Company was under the musical direction of Theodore Thomas with Gustav Hinrichs and Arthur Mees assistant conductors and Charles E. Locke was the business manager. It rented the premises of the Academy of Music in New York City for local performances during 1886. It also tour
Opera / ˈ ɒ p r ə / ( Italian: [ˈɔːpera] ; English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere [ˈɔːpere] ) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( libretto ) and musical score , usually in a theatrical setting . In traditional opera, singers do two types of singing: recitative , a speech-inflected style and arias , a more melodic style. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre , such as acting , scenery , and costumes and sometimes includes dance .