Vermilion Opera

The **Vermilion Opera** is one of the many opera houses in Amalo.

## Details

The Opera is located on Vermillion Street. “The Opera was an enormous building, four or five stories tall and covering an entire block." It has large arches over the entrances. The lobby is a large, cavernous space with vermilion walls. The employee areas are a maze. The wardrobe department has an entrance of double doors painted with the word "WARDROBE" in "beautiful script". The department itself contains giant closets full of elaborate costumes for the singers, and at least some of the principals have their own closets.

Iäna's box at the Opera is “on the first tier, almost on the stage—not an angle the stage was meant to be viewed from” and was “one of the least fashionable boxes, being farthest from the prince’s box at the center back of the auditorium.” It also had an almost invisible door. The "best box in every Amaleise theater was called the prince’s box just in case” Prince Orchenis Clunethar visited.

The Opera barely covers its expenses between ticket revenues and support from its patron, the Marquess Parzhadel.

The Opera scratches "VO" into its wardrobe, including tashin sticks, at least sometimes with a needle to mark it as Opera property.

Iäna Pel-Thenhior noted they only need two or three principal mid-sopranos.

The Opera appears to perform three operas in rotation, and switch them out for others over time. During *The Witness for the Dead*, its cycle appeared to be this: *General Olethazh* is replaced by *The Dream of the Empress Corivero*, *The Siege of Tekharee* is replaced by *The Hotel Hanaveise*, and *Seleno* is replaced by *Zhelsu*. When no opera is being performed, there are musical performances.

## Operas performed by the Vermilion Opera

* *Calistrana*
* *The Castle of Shorivee*
* *The Cavaliers of Zhaö*
* *The Dream of the Empress Corivero*
* *Emperor Edretantivar*
* *The Empress of Ravens*
* *General Olethazh*
* *The Grief of Stones*
* *The Hotel Hanaveise*
* *The Masque of the Night Empress*
* *Seleno*
* *The Siege of Tekharee*
* *Thormedo*
* *Zhelsu*
* *The Zolshenada*

## Employees and related persons

* Amaö Anshonaran (senior principal soprano)
* Arveneän Shelsin (former junior principal soprano) (deceased)
* Mer Beronezh (member of the adult chorus)
* Cebris Pershar (senior tenor)
* Davaro (soprano)
* Davelo Matano
* Ema Dravanezh (secretary for the Marquess Parzhadel)
* Hathet (junior bass)
* Iäna Pel-Thenhior (composer-in-residence and principal director)
* Lalo Leverin (wardrobe assistant)
* Mer Kalmened
* Min Lochareth (senior alto)
* Marquess Parzhadel (primary patron)
* Meletho Balvedin (clerk)
* Mer Mesunar (member of the adult chorus, possibly senior bass)
* Nanavo Rasabin (senior principal soprano)
* Othoro Vakrezharad (senior principal mid-soprano)
* Min Nesthin (member of the adult chorus, possibly junior principal soprano)
* Shulethis Dorenar (member of the adult chorus)
* Tamo
* Thoramis
* Toïno Culainin (former understudy for Arveneän)
* Toreän Nochenin (clerk)
* Tura Olora (former senior bass) (deceased)
* Ulsheän Adalharad (wardrobe master)
* Veralis Telonar (junior tenor)
* Vethet
* Voniän (junior soprano)

## Trivia

* Iäna considered putting on *Civulano* in the year after the events of *The Grief of Stones.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.