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

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

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


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

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


1. Arnold Schonberg (1874 - 1951) - 3:46
2. Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) - 2:10
3. Other German Composers - 2:56
4. Poland - Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937) - 2:16
5. Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928) - 2:56
6. Hungary - Zoltan Kodaly (1882 - 1967), Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945) - 0:32
7. Spain - Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) - 1:04
8. USA - 4:40
9. Russia - 2:33
10. Britain - 5:25
11. The Present - And Future - 4:01
12. Casinos And Opera - 1:35
13. Burnings And Opera - 0:44
14. Animals And Opera - 0:49
15. Singers And Opera - 2:13
16. Tosca And Opera - 2:04
17. What Is Operetta? - 2:54
18. The Opera - Comique In Paris, 1715 - 2:49
19. Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856) And Herve (1825 - 1892) - 3:28
20. Jacques Offenbach - 5:13
21. Operetta In Germany - 2:05
22. Operetta In Vienna - 2:42
23. Johann Strauss Junior (1825 - 1899) - 4:21
24. Operetta In England - 4:16
25. Viennese Operetta - Into The 20th Century - 4:45
26. Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954) - 0:29
27. Emmerich Kalman (1882 - 1953) - 1:08
28. Robert Stolz (1880 - 1975) - 0:51
29. Light Opera - USA - 2:40
30. Goodbye - 2:07

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