Opera/Legends
- "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,[2] while commoners often found it annoying.[3] Casino owner Jacc Mandelbrot was known to enjoy singing long stretches of opera in a deep, booming voice,[4] and the Sith Lord and Galactic Emperor Palpatine himself was an opera lover.[5]
Famous operas included The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths[6] and The Agony of Tarkin.[7] Many cultures throughout the galaxy produced their own brand of opera, from the Corellian Humans[6] to the pig-like Gamorreans[3] and the amphibious Mon Calamari.[2]
The term was also used as a metonymy to designate houses in which such dramas were performed, such as the Coruscant Opera[6] or the Jediboh Opera.[8]
Subgenres
Notable opera enthusiasts
- Palpatine[5]
- Notluwiski Papanoida[9]
- Romeo Treblanc[10]
- Finis Valorum[6]
- Jacc Mandelbrot[4]
- Thoris Darus[11]
Appearances
- 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 unabridged audiobook
- 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)- "Galaxywide NewsNets" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 13
- "Galaxywide NewsNets" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 14
"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)
- Fate of the Jedi: Conviction audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources
"Peekoine Opera Blues"—Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer 88- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- Lords of the Expanse
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Alien Encounters
- 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 not verified!)- Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
- Suns of Fortune
- Fly Casual
Notes and references
- ↑ "An Old Flame in Need..." – Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republic Commando: Triple Zero
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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
