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Category: opera seria

146. Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart)

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

nickfuller 18th century opera, Austrian composers, Italian opera, opera seria, racine, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6 Comments August 9, 2019January 26, 2020 8 Minutes

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

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

nickfuller 18th century opera, ancient greece, Austrian / Viennese opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck, Greek mythology, opera seria, The Classics 9 Comments May 30, 2019January 26, 2020 32 Minutes

133. Serse (Handel)

The appeal of Handel's comic masterpiece is plane for all to see.

nickfuller 18th century opera, Ancient Persia, German composers, handel, opera seria, The Classics 1 Comment April 30, 2019January 24, 2020 4 Minutes

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