FAWKES: The History of Opera

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The History of Opera (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Opera - The Beginnings - 04:15
2. The Baroque - Opera Emerges - 05:16
3. Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) - 05:39
4.   The First Public Opera House In Venice - 1637 - 03:06
5. Opera Spreads - 05:24
6. Opera In France - 05:13
7. Opera In Germany - 17th Century - 01:42
8. Opera In England - 17th Century - 06:57
9. George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) - 04:19
10. Castrati - 05:34
11. Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787) - 04:59
12. Singspiel - 02:13
13. The Classical Period - 02:27
14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) - 06:48
15. Mozart With The Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte - 09:14
16. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) - 06:18

The History of Opera (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Opera In Italy - The Early 19th Century - 12:04
2. Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848) - 06:44
3. Vincenzo Bellini - 05:05
4.   The High C - 01:21
5. Opera In Germany - The Early 19th Century - 07:07
6. Opera In Paris - The Early 19th Century - 07:44
7. Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1835) - 04:14
8. Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) - 05:53
9. Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1890) - 03:04
10. Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921) - 04:20
11. Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) - 05:33
12. Opera In England - 19th Century - 04:55
13. Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) - 08:28
14. Verdi - The Middle Period - 02:50

The History of Opera (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Verdi - The Years Of Maturity - 06:03
2. Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) - 06:18
3. The Ring - 07:23
4.   The Beginning Of Verismo - 11:31
5. Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) - 05:02
6. La boheme - 07:52
7. The Rise Of Nationalism - Bohemia - 05:18
8. Nationalism In Russia - 05:26
9. Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) - 05:45
10. Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894) - 02:24
11. Peter Illy'ich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) - 04:40
12. Impressionism In France - 04:11
13. Expressionism In Germany - 07:32

The History of Opera (more info)
Composed by: Hanitra Ranaivo
Robert Powell, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Arnold Schonberg (1874 - 1951) - 03:46
2. Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) - 02:10
3. Other German Composers - 02:56
4.   Poland - Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937) - 02:16
5. Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928) - 02:56
6. Hungary - Zoltan Kodaly (1882 - 1967), Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945) - 00:32
7. Spain - Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) - 01:04
8. USA - 04:40
9. Russia - 02:33
10. Britain - 05:25
11. The Present - And Future - 04:01
12. Casinos And Opera - 01:35
13. Burnings And Opera - 00:44
14. Animals And Opera - 00:49
15. Singers And Opera - 02:13
16. Tosca And Opera - 02:04
17. What Is Operetta? - 02:54
18. The Opera - Comique In Paris, 1715 - 02:49
19. Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856) And Herve (1825 - 1892) - 03:28
20. Jacques Offenbach - 05:13
21. Operetta In Germany - 02:05
22. Operetta In Vienna - 02:42
23. Johann Strauss Junior (1825 - 1899) - 04:21
24. Operetta In England - 04:16
25. Viennese Operetta - Into The 20th Century - 04:45
26. Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954) - 00:29
27. Emmerich Kalman (1882 - 1953) - 01:08
28. Robert Stolz (1880 - 1975) - 00:51
29. Light Opera - USA - 02:40
30. Goodbye - 02:07

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