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Category: 18th century opera

206. Armida (Salieri)

Salieri's fourth opera - contains magic, heroes, and love, and also touches on the tragic.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Antonio Salieri, Italian composers, Viennese opera 2 Comments December 19, 2021March 23, 2022 7 Minutes

205. Les deux journées (Cherubini)

Cherubini's most popular opera: a fugitive's desperate escape from Paris.

nickfuller 18th century opera, French opera, Italian composers, Luigi Cherubini 2 Comments December 12, 2021April 1, 2022 11 Minutes

201. Gismondo, re di Polonia (Vinci)

War and diplomacy in Poland, from the composer of Artaserse.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Italian composers, Italian opera Leave a comment February 5, 2021March 23, 2022 2 Minutes

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