A comprehensive history of opera, tracing milestones and metamporphoses in opera’s development from the 17th century Camerata to modern times and the works of Glass and Heggie. All periods are analyzed in depth: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Bel Canto, Opera Buffa, German ROmanticism, Wagner and Music Drama, Verismo, plus analysis of the Tristan Chord, atonalism, minimalism, and much more.”

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