-
- The first opera was called Dafne written by Jacopo Peri and performed for the Florentine Camerata in 1597.
- The earliest operas were tied to the pre-Lenten festival of Carnival, and were most often based on Greek tragedies
- The earliest operas were not sung, but rather chanted, in a form of free declamation or recitative, which was thought close to Greek tragic forms
- Castrati were used in operas beginning with Orfeo, an opera by Claudio Monteverdi performed for the first time in 1607
- The first public opera house, Teatro San Cassiano, opened in Venice in 1641.
- Christoph Willibald Gluck is given credit for the reformation of opera, making all of the music part of the story
- Opera comique (or opera buffa) invented in Naples in early 18th century
-
-
Opera is a form of theatrical performance in which all of the action is communicated by music. Developed in Florence during the Italian Renaissance, operas are played in 140 festivals each year.
-
-
Opera Music Questions
-
Looking for some good, rock-opera type music. 9 AnswersHey shakespearegeek, This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I thought it was worthy of mention anyway: I created a playlist using Pandora and the s... read more -
What's the difference between a "soap opera" and a "drama show"? 2 Answers"Soap operas" allegedly got that name because they were orginally sponsored by soap companies and the like. They were definitely not highbrow, but mass-market e... read more -
Opera Unite. Do you think it will change the way the internet works? 1 AnswerNo. This will not become popular. On the other foot: The cloud is where the future is. And applications that backup share and allow for diverse communication me... read more
view more questions...
-
-
-
On Twitter Powered by Twitter
-
New iPhone App: Opera Cats (music) http://tinyurl.com/y9fukop
-
My Opera browser plays music now... v 10.10. Freaky...
-
Indie/hip-hop junkie & opera fanatic with no music. we're already twitchy.
-
Listening to my music collection at home on my work computer via Opera Unite. Cool but what a waste of bandwidth...
-
watching phantom of the opera for 10x already... the music is so great and soulful..
view more tweets...
-
-
On Twitter Powered by Twitter
-
New iPhone App: Opera Cats (music) http://tinyurl.com/y9fukop
-
My Opera browser plays music now... v 10.10. Freaky...
-
Indie/hip-hop junkie & opera fanatic with no music. we're already twitchy.
-
Listening to my music collection at home on my work computer via Opera Unite. Cool but what a waste of bandwidth...
-
watching phantom of the opera for 10x already... the music is so great and soulful..
view more tweets...
-
About this page
-
Page Views0
No one is currently managing this page.
This page currently has no vertical manager.
