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Category: German composers

180. Fidelio (Beethoven)

Beethoven's only opera: a hymn to liberty.

Nicholas Fuller 19th century opera, Austrian / Viennese opera, Beethoven, German composers, German opera 41 Comments March 21, 2020August 8, 2026 6 Minutes

2. Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) | REVISED

Is it the greatest opera of the 18th century?

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck 8 Comments September 11, 2019August 8, 2026 14 Minutes

148. Armide (Gluck)

In which Gluck sets a libretto for Lully, and challenges the 'master' of French opera on his own ground. With passion and magic in the Crusades.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck 15 Comments August 28, 2019August 8, 2026 9 Minutes

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