Many contemporary works, from short solo pieces to entire operas, have been commissioned this way.
By the time he died in 1953 (one day before Stalin), he had never seen a performance of the entire opera.
The result is like a mini-version of the entire opera.
Toscanini conducted the entire opera from memory, with great success.
It was like experiencing the entire opera compressed into an intensified 40 minutes.
A great deal has been written about this single chord and its function within the large-scale formal structure of the entire opera.
The only alternative would be to plant a single camera in the royal box and shoot the entire opera from the same wide perspective.
And, you know, there isn't one dull moment in the entire opera!
The entire opera was produced by the composer in 2011.
She would need special training to perfectly sing an entire opera without a microphone.
