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Category: opera seria

224. Ezio (Gluck)

Before there was Gluck the reformer, there was Gluck the opera seria composer.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Ancient Rome, German composers, Gluck, metastasio, opera seria 2 Comments December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 7 Minutes

223. Siroe re di Persia (Hasse)

Vocal virtuosity from the favourite opera composer of the mid-18th century.

nickfuller 18th century opera, German composers, Italian opera, metastasio, opera seria 1 Comment December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 8 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 2 Comments January 31, 2020March 29, 2022 6 Minutes

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