But that is virtually the whole opera anyway.

There were whole operas played beginning to end through excellent loudspeakers placed high on the walls.

Flagstad, however, was over sixty, and would not agree to sing the whole opera.

Sometimes, possibly, yes; that is the impetus for the whole opera.

Really Augustine must have drama in her soul, to be listening to a whole opera.

The whole opera takes place in the drawing room of her chateau outside Paris.

Let's say, for the sake of argument, you want to listen to a whole opera without intermission.

Imagine a whole opera composed by the likes of a banjo.

For him to write a whole opera and then put it away somewhere is almost totally out of character.

In 1873 three scenes were performed, and on 27 January 1874 the first performance of the whole opera took place.