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Author: Nicholas Fuller

131. Artaserse (Vinci)

Five countertenors and a tenor in an opera seria masterpiece!

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Italian composers, Italian opera, Leonardo Vinci 19 Comments April 21, 2019August 8, 2026 10 Minutes

130. Les Indes galantes (Rameau)

"La terre, les cieux, et les mers / nous offrent tour-à-tour cent spectacles divers." Les Indes galantes offers plenty of spectacle : it's an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza, a round-the-world trip full of ceremonies, storms, shipwrecks, volcanoes, and the lure of the exotic.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French composers, French opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau 5 Comments April 17, 2019August 8, 2026 5 Minutes

129. Castor et Pollux (Rameau)

If Hippolyte was a musical manifesto, a bold statement of what Rameau wanted opera to be, Castor is a step back to the bad old tragédie lyrique.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French composers, French opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau 4 Comments April 10, 2019August 8, 2026 6 Minutes

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