Royal Opera House
| Royal Opera House | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Royal Opera House illustrated on the Baerald map from the DMG (2024). Art by Franceska Baerald. | |
| General information | |
| Alt. names: | the Opera House |
| Type: | Social Entertainment |
| Location: | City of Greyhawk |
| Demographics | |
| Staff: | Selmund Rogersson, director |
| Organizations: | Guild of Performing Artistes |
The Royal Opera House is a entertainment venue in the Free City of Greyhawk's High Quarter. On maps with a key or legend, the Royal Opera House is designated "H8"[1] or "H9".[2]
Description
The name of the Royal Opera House is a misnomer from the very start. There has never been a royal ruler of the City of Greyhawk.
Once the most elaborately decorated building in the city, the Royal Opera House was neglected for the last few decades until it was in a disgraceful state of repair. Finally, grants from several noble families allowed renovation to begin.[2]
History
People
The Opera House is a mix of many, many performers from all levels of society. They are as varied as the people of the Free City are; perhaps even more.
The Opera House is directed and conducted by Selmund Rogersson, who wears "outrageously ostentatious clothing with no sense of style[2]. He continues the tradition of his predecessor, Amadeus Wofzart, of taking the productions in a new direction by "giving the people what they want"; i.e. cheesy, low-class performances in the afternoons known as "silver dreadfuls".[3] Other than those, the schedule is filled with solo performances by the Grand Diva of the Opera House, Aestrella Shanfarel.
More than 20 performers and 10 stagehands (some of whom occasionally sing in the chorus) are employed by the Opera House.
There is a known and long-standing rivalry with the Grand Theater. They both ridicule the other socially and occasionally do things like throw vegetables, and it has not been unknown for things to get out of hand and result in rare violence.
Rumors and legends
Unbeknowst to most, the half-elven Grand Diva of the Opera, Aestrella Shanfarel, is actually a Greyhawk dragon who uses her power, influence, magic, and followers to actively (but secretly) work against evil in the city.[2]
See Also
Gallery
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by Sam Wood, the Adventure Begins (1998) -
from The City of Greyhawk (1989) -
on the Baerald map (2024) -
on the Schley CoG map (2007)
External links
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References
Citations
- ↑ The City of Greyhawk (1989), p.60, Gem of the Flanaess.
- ↑ a b c d The Adventure Begins (1998), p.85.
- ↑ The City of Greyhawk (1989), p.60, Folks, Feuds, and Factions.
Bibliography
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.
- Niles, Douglas, Rik Rose, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 15, 23, 36, 60, 61, 64, 75 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 60, 61, 64 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 84 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 11 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 5 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 32 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | The Adventure Begins | 85, 90 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Opera, | WGA3 Flames of the Falcon | 28, 49 |
| Royal Opera House (City of Greyhawk) | Place | Opera, | War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1 | 37 |