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- Opera (25153 bytes)
2: [[Image:GarnierOperaParis.jpg|frame|The foyer of [[Charles Garnier (ar...
3: '''Opera''' is an [[art]] form consisting of a [[drama|dra...
5: ...ume]]s, and [[acting]]. However, the words of the opera, or [[libretto]], are [[singing|sung]] rather tha...
7: ...e. Finally, [[dance|dancing]] is often part of an opera performance, particularly in France.
9: ...system is an especially organized system of classification.
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- Performance (3170 bytes)
7: ** [[opera]]
12: ** [[opera]]
22: ...e performance becomes a [[ritual]]. In a [[scientific]] setting, the carrying out of predetermined [[a...
24: ... indoors in a [[concert hall]] or outdoors in a [[field]], and may require the audience to remain very... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...y, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Mary I of England]] ("B...
14: ...t, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionable. Females and female...
33: ...Duke of Somerset]] by Edward VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and...
37: ...sailed back to France from Dumbarton carrying the five-year-old Queen of Scots on board.
40: ...was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at the age of five, to be brought up for the next ten years at the... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active sup...
5: ...]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive...
9: ...marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost...
11: Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed. They descended from [[C...
15: ...ok returned and lived in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ... singing at important concerts. She organized an opera company known by her name, and toured extensively... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
4: ...gs and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associa...
6: ...nes to produce an echo effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of ...
8: ...The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[T...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was pro...
46: :''[[Eating Fire: Selected Poems, 1965-1995]]'' ([[1998]]) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...ed (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave ...
8: ...he [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize.
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays alm...
32: *[[Margaret Garner (opera)|Margaret Garner]] (first performed May 2005)
34: ==Non-fiction== - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...0px|Maria Callas in the title role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ...Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Puccini]].
5: ...ubsequently recorded and performed many bel canto operas, contributing greatly to the bel canto revival o...
7: ...[[Metropolitan Opera]], [[Dallas Opera]], [[Royal Opera House]], [[Mexico]]'s [[Palacio de las Bellas Art...
13: ...artbroken ("First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Cal... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella ,... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...s]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice t...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
26: ==Vocal Profile== - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ... (later Emma Coulomb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
15: ...tent with new science may be considered to be the first instance of what is now called [[New Age]] thi...
59: ...by [[Manly P. Hall]]), [http://correiorosacruz.netfirms.com/blavatsky.htm]
67: ...s a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, wi... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ...reafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]], where the...
25: ...me frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for separation. His petition for divorce, cit...
27: ...f 1918 to 1922 as itinerant Pentecostal preacher, finally settling with her mother in [[Los Angeles, C...
33: ...nday]], McPherson was less a [[fire and brimstone|fire-and-brimstone]] preacher than one to endorse ch...
35: ... on [[February 6]], [[1924]], she also became the first woman to be granted a broadcast license by the... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
10: ...ge]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc when she first heard her call; [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Mi...
12: ...ks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a success...
14: ...esus" and "Mary" on the side. With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of t...
16: ...April 29]], [[1429]]. After several English fortifications were taken from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]],... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
5: ...n]] who may have had affairs with many military officers and politicians.
7: ...uilty and [[Execution by firing squad|executed by firing squad]] on [[October 15]], [[1917]]. Mata Har...
9: ...ims she blew a [[kiss]] to her killers before the firing began. A third tale claims that not only did ...
11: ...a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s popular opera, ''[[Tosca]]''.
15: The [[1931]] film of her final days, "Mata Hari", starred [[Greta Garbo]] in ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ... [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
6: ...' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya...
8: ...and Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''...
10: ...e Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accompanying documentary was e...
14: ...ill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
10: ...ovies and TV series, notably including the [[soap opera]] ''[[A Country Practice]]'', the mini-series ''[...
19: ...hut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final [[film]], when she co-starred with her husband as a ma...
23: ...s (2001 film)|The Others]]''. While in Australia filming ''Moulin Rouge!'', Kidman injured her knee, ...
24: ...e same year she took a hand at production for the film ''[[In the Cut]]''.
26: ...prestigious [[Golden Lion Award]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
7: ...or and starred in some of his [[comic opera|comic operas]].
9: ... the men and the women of the audience. Since her first appearance at Tony Pastor's she was also the s...
11: ...ater]] in New York and the company of [[Weber and Fields]]. - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
3: ... coming out with a [[tie (draw)|draw (tie)]] in a fight many observers thought she should have won.
5: ...he won by a knockout in 7 rounds, in what was the first all [[women's boxing]] undercard ever held at ...
7: ...ng]] events in [[Mexico]]. She was not allowed to fight that time, but thanks in part to her legal bat...
11: ...d and won a unanimous decision to become Mexico's first woman world boxing champion.
13: ...ollowed. The Jeffries fight resulted in Jeffries' first defeat. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...21667). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
4: While al-Qāhirah is the official name of the city, in local speech it is typic...
16: ...ings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosque]]s that act...
18: ...government buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching...
28: The first settlement on the location of modern Cairo was... - Heckelphone (1998 bytes)
3: ...ntly employed in the same composer's ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' and ''[[Eine Alpensinfonie]]''. It e...
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