A Very Brief History of Opera (3/6)

Conductor John Andrews' history of opera continues from Mozart through to the beginnings of Romanticism in the early nineteenth century.
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Musical Examples:
Mozart: Idomeneo, Act III Quartet
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, cond. Fritz Busch
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Finale
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, cond. Karl Böhm
Beethoven: Fidelio, Act I, scene II
London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis
Marschner: Overture, Der Vampyr
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, cond. Helmuth FroSchauer
Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Bavarian Radio Orchestra, cond. Rafael Kubelik
Rossini: La donna del lago, ‘Oh quante lacrime’
Patricia Bardon, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond. Maurizio Bennini
Donizetti: Anna Bolena (1830), ‘Coppia Iniqua’
Maria Callas, Orchestra del teatro alla Scala di Milano, cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
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[@thecharactershow2850]

This is very understandable, lucid, and scholarly. Thank you!

[@johnandrews3924]

Thank you! My pleasure.

[@jeffhall7060]

I am really enjoying these, and look forward to the final three episodes. Thanks for putting these online.

[@johnandrews3924]

Thank you! I'm so pleased.

[@cupani10]

Dear John how can you not even mention the great Bellini...?

[@johnandrews3924]

Ah you are so right!!!!! How could I not? I can only say that I was in a hectic rush to cover the centuries, but that's no excuse....