opera house
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The old opera houses, places like La Fenice and Milan’s La Scala, have long played an outsize role in public life.
Vaudeville troupes traveled the country by rail, performing at sites from small-town opera houses to urban theaters seating several thousand people.
Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.
But only a short walk away, at the world’s most storied opera house, all that fanfare fades into Wagnerian gloom.
At a time when Bridgerton-style costume parties are all the rage, the Swiss opera house is planning to sell off 15,000 stage costumes, accessories and shoes from major productions through the years.
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