Articles related to "Opera Seria"

Tancredi, an Italian opera seria by Gioacchino Rossini: Tancredi plot summary, Tancredi character list, and other Rossini opera information.

The role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the history of the opera prior to his Vienna move as a freelance composer and performer.

Opera 'Armide' by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot synopsis, character list, and other Gluck opera information.

The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Plot synopsis, character description, and other Mozart opera information.

Idomeneo, a 3-act opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary,character list, and other Mozart opera information.

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), a two-act seria (drama) opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary, character list, and other Mozart opera Information

Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla), an Italian Drama Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary, character list, and other information.

Mithridates, King of Pontus, an Italian Opera Seria (Drama) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary, character list, and other information.

In 17th and 18th century Italian opera, adolescent boys and young men were often played by castrati. As castrati singers died out, women dressed as men took on the roles.

This is a basic definition of opera and explains to the first-time opera listener the difference between opera buffa and opera seria.

Italian opera composer Gioacchino Rossini, master of early 19th century Italian opera: List of key Rossini bel canto operas from from opera buffas to opera serias.

La Serva Padrona, an Italian opera buffa by Pergolesi: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Pergolesi opera information.

Brief biography of Antonio Sacchini, Italian Opera composer of the Classical Era best-known for opera seria. Famous for 'Oedipe a Colonne.'

La Straniera (The Foreign Woman,) an Italian opera by Vincenzo Bellini: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Bellini opera information.

French opera Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information

Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), an Italian tragic opera by George Frideric Handel: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Handel opera information.

Il Pirata (the Pirate), an Italian bel canto opera, by Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata plot summary, Il Pirata character list, and other Bellini opera information.

Traces early Italian opera, including the composers of the period, the major cities, the effect of the Italian way of life, and what it signifies today.

Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots) an opera seria by Gaetano Donizetti, Maria Stuarda plot summary, Maria Stuarda characters, and Maria Stuarda history info.

Il re pastore (The Shepherd King), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary, character list, and other Mozart opera information.

Ariadne auf Naxos, a German lyric comedy by Richard Strauss: opera plot summary, character list, and other Strauss opera information.

Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher (Joan of Arc at the Stake) by Arthur Honegger: oratorio plot synopsis, character description, and other Honegger oratorio information.

Don Giovanni was commissioned for Opera Prague, opening on October 29, 1787. Based on a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, it is one of many versions of the story of Don Juan.