Opera

Opera Opera doesn’t have the presence in Hispanic civilization that it has in Italy, Germany, Austria, and the United States. While almost every metropolis in Latin America and Spain has an opera house as well as an active opera company, the repertoire is limited and artistic standards are low. This is a symptom of a larger malaise: the Hispanic world doesn’t have an operatic culture. There is limited education on opera at the elementary and high school levels, and music schools make little…