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Category: metastasio

175. Adrien (Méhul)

Royalism and Ancient Rome in a Revolutionary opera.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Ancient Rome, French composers, French opera, Méhul, metastasio, The Classics 1 Comment February 28, 2020April 1, 2022 4 Minutes

172. La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)

Mozart's Metastasian opera seria is one of his best works.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Ancient Rome, Austrian / Viennese opera, Austrian composers, metastasio, opera seria, The Classics, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 Comment January 31, 2020March 29, 2022 6 Minutes

167. Démophoon (Cherubini)

Beethoven thought Cherubini was the greatest composer of the time. We look at his first French opera.

nickfuller 18th century opera, French opera, Italian composers, Luigi Cherubini, metastasio, Tragédie lyrique 1 Comment December 28, 2019March 26, 2022 5 Minutes

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