Opera/Legends

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,Republic Commando: Triple Zero while commoners often found it annoying.X-Wing: Isard's Revenge Casino owner Jacc Mandelbrot was known to enjoy singing long stretches of opera in a deep, booming voice,Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition and the Sith Lord and Galactic Emperor Palpatine himself was an opera lover.
Famous operas included The Brief Reign of Future WraithsCloak of Deception and The Agony of Tarkin.Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 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.
==Subgenres==
*Gamorrean opera
==Notable opera enthusiasts==
*Palpatine
*Notluwiski Papanoida
*Romeo Treblanc
*Finis Valorum
*Jacc Mandelbrot
*Thoris DarusDarth Plagueis
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Cloak of Deception
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*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization 
* Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
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*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 2
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*X-Wing: Isard's Revenge 
*Fate of the Jedi: Conviction 
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
==Sources==
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*Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
*Lords of the Expanse
*Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
*Alien Encounters
*The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
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*Suns of Fortune
*Lords of Nal Hutta
*Fly Casual
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