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Category: Italian opera

146. Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart)

Mozart's first opera seria. Don't judge the genre by this!

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Austrian composers, Italian opera, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 Comments August 9, 2019August 8, 2026 8 Minutes

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

128. La serva padrona (Pergolesi)

For a comic interlude of 45 minutes, La serva padrona carries a lot of weight on her slim shoulders.  She’s the ancestrix of both the Italian opera buffa and the French opéra comique.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composers, Italian opera 7 Comments April 7, 2019August 8, 2026 3 Minutes

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