Opera

Connected to specific operas where at least 1 scene takes place in a location which is specifically and identifiably within the boundary of the inscribed site - even though it may not now exist or the events portrayed may be fictional.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Opera':

  • Acropolis, Athens A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten
  • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Aida, Verdi
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns Elektra, R. Strauss
  • Flemish Béguinages Die Tote Stadt, Korngold
  • Imperial Palace Turandot, Puccini
  • Kasbah of Algiers The Italian Girl in Algiers, Rossini
  • Kremlin and Red Square Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov
  • Kronborg Castle Hamlet (A. Thomas)
  • Novodevichy Convent Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov
  • Rome Tosca - Puccini & The Coronation of Poppea - Monteverdi & The Clemency of Titus - Mozart
  • Site of Carthage Les Troyens, Berlioz & Dido and Aeneas, Purcell
  • Tower of London Anna Bolena, Donizetti
  • Troy Les Troyens, Berlioz
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley Das Rheingold, Wagner
  • Verona Romeo and Juliette, Gounaud
  • Westminster Maria Stuarda, Donizetti