Editing Opera (section)

==Television, cinema and the Internet==
A milestone for opera broadcasting in the U.S. was achieved on 24 December 1951, with the live broadcast of ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'', an opera in one act by [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]. It was the first [[List of television operas|opera specifically composed for television]] in America.<ref name=Telegraphobit>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071215024223/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/02/db0201.xml Obituary: Gian Carlo Menotti], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 2 February 2007. Accessed 11 December 2008</ref> Another milestone occurred in Italy in 1992 when ''[[Tosca]]'' was broadcast live from its original Roman settings and times of the day: the first act came from the 16th-century Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle at noon on Saturday; the 16th-century Palazzo Farnese was the setting for the second at 8:15 pm; and on Sunday at 6 am, the third act was broadcast from Castel Sant'Angelo. The production was transmitted via satellite to 105 countries.<ref name="O'Connor 1 January 1993">{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |title=A ''Tosca'' performed on actual location |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/01/news/tv-weekend-a-tosca-performed-on-actual-location.html?scp=2&sq=tosca%20in%20the%20settings%20and%20at%20the%20times&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 January 1993 |access-date=4 July 2010 |archive-date=25 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825005107/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/01/news/tv-weekend-a-tosca-performed-on-actual-location.html?scp=2&sq=tosca%20in%20the%20settings%20and%20at%20the%20times&st=cse |url-status=live }}</ref>

Major opera companies have begun presenting their performances in local cinemas throughout the United States and many other countries. The Metropolitan Opera began a [[Metropolitan Opera Live in HD|series]] of live [[high-definition video]] transmissions to cinemas around the world in 2006.<ref>[http://www.metopera.org/hdlive Metropolitan Opera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105233902/http://www.metopera.org/hdlive |date=5 January 2009 }} high-definition live broadcast page</ref> In 2007, Met performances were shown in over 424 theaters in 350 U.S. cities. ''[[La bohème]]'' went out to 671 screens worldwide. [[San Francisco Opera]] began prerecorded video transmissions in March 2008. As of June 2008, approximately 125 theaters in 117 U.S. cities carry the showings. The HD video opera transmissions are presented via the same [[Digital cinema|HD digital cinema projectors]] used for major [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood films]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebiggerpicture.us/opera |title=The Bigger Picture |publisher=Thebiggerpicture.us |access-date=9 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109064153/http://www.thebiggerpicture.us/opera/ |archive-date=9 November 2010}}</ref> European opera houses and [[List of opera festivals|festivals]] including [[The Royal Opera]] in London, [[La Scala]] in Milan, the [[Salzburg Festival]], [[La Fenice]] in Venice, and the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino|Maggio Musicale]] in Florence have also transmitted their productions to theaters in cities around the world since 2006, including 90 cities in the U.S.<ref>[http://opera.emergingpictures.com Emerging Pictures] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630062054/http://opera.emergingpictures.com/ |date=30 June 2008}}</ref><ref>"Where to See Opera at the Movies", ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', 21–22 June 2008, sidebar p. W10.</ref>

The emergence of the Internet has also affected the way in which audiences consume opera. In 2009 the British [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] offered for the first time an online digital video download of its complete 2007 production of ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]''. In the 2013 season, the festival [[livestreaming|streamed]] all six of its productions online.<ref>[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] (26 August 2009). [http://www.classicfm.com/composers/wagner/news/glyndebourne-announces-downloadable-opera/#k4oDKFadPL9Jyl05.97 "Download Glyndebourne"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623160026/http://www.classicfm.com/composers/wagner/news/glyndebourne-announces-downloadable-opera/#k4oDKFadPL9Jyl05.97 |date=23 June 2016 }}. Retrieved 21 May 2016.</ref><ref>Rhinegold Publishing (28 April 2013). [http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/access-all-arias-glyndebourne-2013/ "With new pricing and more streaming the Glyndebourne Festival is making its shows available to an ever wider audience"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070412/http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/access-all-arias-glyndebourne-2013/ |date=24 June 2016 }}. Retrieved 21 May 2016.</ref> In July 2012, the first [[online community]] opera was premiered at the [[Savonlinna Opera Festival]]. Titled ''Free Will'', it was created by members of the Internet group Opera By You. Its 400 members from 43 countries wrote the libretto, composed the music, and designed the sets and costumes using the [[Wreckamovie]] web platform. Savonlinna Opera Festival provided professional soloists, an 80-member choir, a symphony orchestra, and the stage machinery. It was performed live at the festival and streamed live on the internet.<ref>Partii, Heidi (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bwUcBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 "Supporting Collaboration in Changing Cultural Landscapes"], pp. 208–209 in Margaret S Barrett (ed.) ''Collaborative Creative Thought and Practice in Music''. Ashgate Publishing. {{ISBN|1-4724-1584-1}}</ref>