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Category: French opera

33. Orfeo ed Euridice / Orphée et Eurydice (Gluck)

In which Gluck reforms opera with a prehistoric sun-myth.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Austrian / Viennese opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck 14 Comments May 30, 2019August 8, 2026 32 Minutes

138. Les troqueurs (Dauvergne)

C'est quoi l'opéra comique?

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Antoine Dauvergne, French composers, French opera 2 Comments May 30, 2019August 8, 2026 6 Minutes

137. Le Devin du village (Rousseau)

Yes, that Rousseau.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French opera, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss composers 11 Comments May 25, 2019August 8, 2026 6 Minutes

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