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[[File:Agony_of_Tarkin_performance.png|thumb|right|250px|A performance of ''The Agony of Tarkin'', a Coruscanti opera]]
{{Quote|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]]''|<ref name="An Old Flame in Need...">{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=An Old Flame in Need...|stext=''An Old Flame in Need...''}}</ref>}}
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 [[Noble/Legends|socialites]] and was considered mind-improving,<ref name="RCTZ">''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]''</ref> while commoners often found it annoying.<ref name="XWIR">''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]''</ref> [[Casino/Legends|Casino]] owner [[Jacc Mandelbrot]] was known to enjoy singing long stretches of opera in a deep, booming voice,<ref name="GG2">[[Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin'', Second Edition]]</ref> and the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] and [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] himself was an opera lover.<ref name="ROTS">{{Film|III}}</ref>

Famous operas included ''[[The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths]]''<ref name="COD">''[[Cloak of Deception]]''</ref> and ''[[The Agony of Tarkin]]''.<ref name="BTEH">''[[Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand]]''</ref> Many cultures throughout [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] produced their own brand of opera, from the [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] [[Human/Legends|Humans]]<ref name="COD" /> to the pig-like [[Gamorrean/Legends|Gamorreans]]<ref name="XWIR" /> and the amphibious [[Mon Calamari/Legends|Mon Calamari]].<ref name="RCTZ" />

The term was also used as a metonymy to designate houses in which such dramas were performed, such as the [[Coruscant Opera/Legends|Coruscant Opera]]<ref name="COD" /> or the [[Jediboh Opera]].<ref name="SFG">{{SpaceFantasyGamerCite|88|Peekoine Opera Blues}}</ref>

==Subgenres==
*[[Gamorrean opera]]

==Notable opera enthusiasts==
[[File:GalaxiesOperaHouse.png|thumb|The Opera House on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]]]]

*[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]<ref name="ROTS" />
*[[Notluwiski Papanoida/Legends|Notluwiski Papanoida]]<ref name="dbnp">{{DB|character|baronpapanoida|Papanoida, Baron|archivedate=20100507032826}}</ref>
*[[Romeo Treblanc]]<ref name="dbrt">{{DB|character|romeotreblanc|Treblanc, Romeo|archivedate=20100428044213}}</ref>
*[[Finis Valorum/Legends|Finis Valorum]]<ref name="COD" />
*[[Jacc Mandelbrot]]<ref name="GG2" />
*[[Thoris Darus]]<ref name="SWDP">[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Cloak of Deception]]''
*''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]''
*{{TCW|The Rise of Clovis}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''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'' unabridged audiobook]]
*[[Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' comics]]
*{{Film|III}}
*''[[Star Wars: Tiny Death Star]]'' {{Nc}}
*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|13|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
*{{Journal|14|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=An Old Flame in Need...|stext=''An Old Flame in Need...''}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 2]]''
*{{DarkStryder|Death Is Remotely Possible|The DarkStryder Campaign}}
*''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Conviction]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Conviction'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*{{SpaceFantasyGamerCite|88|Peekoine Opera Blues}}
*[[Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin (Second Edition)|''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]]''
*{{SW|url=news/slugthrowers-an-overview-of-popular-music-and-musicians-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-part-1|text=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 1|int=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away}}
*{{SW|url=news/slugthrowers-part-2|text=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2|int=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away}}
*''[[Suns of Fortune]]''
*''[[Fly Casual]]''

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WP|Opera}}

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