[DOC] [TLE] Natoma (opera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Natoma was not quite the first American opera to be performed at the 
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Frederick... [DOC] [TLE] Frederick Converse - Wikipedia [PAR] Frederick Shepherd Converse (January 5, 1871  June 8, 1940), was an 
American composer of classical music, whose works include four operas and ... 
In 1910, Converse's opera The Pipe of Desire became the first American work 
ever to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Today, Converse is 
best known... [DOC] [TLE] The Pipe of Desire | opera by Converse | Britannica.com [PAR] His opera, The Pipe of Desire (1906), in 1910 became the first opera by an 
American composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York
. [DOC] [TLE] Frederick Shepherd Converse | American composer | Britannica.com [PAR] American composer whose essentially Romantic music is coloured with ... His 
opera, The Pipe of Desire (1906), in 1910 became the first opera by an American 
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Troubled Island, which premiered at the New York City Opera in 1949 with a .... 
than a world premiere to be produced at the Met since The Pipe of Desire in 1910
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. ... the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City were The Pipe of Desire (
1910)... [DOC] [TLE] Founding the Metropolitan Opera - Dictionary definition of Founding ... [PAR] In the 1870s and early 1880s New York boasted an adequate opera house: the 
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American Opera: An Early Suggestion of Context, in Opera and the Golden West
: The Past,. Present .... imaginary locales (e.g., F. S. Converse's The Pipe of 
Desire). [DOC] [TLE] The Cyclopdia of American Biography/Converse, Frederick ... [PAR] Nov 23, 2011 ... Before his return from Europe he had produced a suite for piano (op. ... Mr. 
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.... the production of American operas, including Converse's The Pipe of Desire (
18 ... him out in 1910, Hammerstein had introduced many French works to 
American... [DOC] [TLE] Frederick S. Converse | New England Conservatory [PAR] The Pipe of Desire, Converse's first opera, became the first American work ever 
to be performed by the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1910. His second 
opera, The Sacrifice was produced by the Boston Opera Company in 1911. ..... 
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Question: In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the first opera by an American produced at this NYC opera house
Answer: the Met