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The History of Opera
Author: Richard Fawkes
Narrator: Robert Powell
Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 08/01/2005
Category: Music - History & Criticism
Synopsis
Since its origins in the sixteenth century, opera has been an extravagant, costly affair, arousing great passions. It has also produced some of the most sublime works of art, from Monteverdi to Wagner. Following the widely acclaimed History of Classical Music, Richard Fawkes traces the history of opera up to the present day on the first three CDs, and devotes the fourth to the history of operetta. Featuring more than seventy-five musical examples.