Opera

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 socialites and was considered mind-improving, while commoners often found it annoying. Casino owner Jacc Mandelbrot was known to enjoy singing long stretches of opera in a deep, booming voice, and the Sith Lord and Galactic Emperor Palpatine himself was an opera lover.

Famous operas included The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths and The Agony of Tarkin. Many cultures throughout the galaxy produced their own brand of opera, from the Corellian Humans to the pig-like Gamorreans and the amphibious Mon Calamari.

The term was also used as a metonymy to designate houses in which such dramas were performed, such as the Coruscant Opera or the Jediboh Opera.

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