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From the very first opera performance in Italy in 1607, to the origins of some of the world’s most recognisable music, and modern day experimental productions, we’ll share a timeline of how opera has changed over the last 400 years.
Opera is a form of musical theatre that has been an integral part of Western classical music for over four centuries. Its origins can be traced back to the late 16th century in Italy, where it quickly gained popularity and spread to other European countries.
Opera originated in Italy around 1600, but its story began many years earlier with the birth of Jacopo Peri in 1561. During his time at the famed Medici court, Peri cultivated the idea of dramatic singing through his work with Florentine poets, musicians, and writers.
John Blow's tragic opera, Venus and Adonis, today considered the first English opera, has its première, either in London or at the court of Windsor. Read more... 15 Feb 1686. Lully's final collaboration with the librettist Quinault, the tragédie lyrique Armide, has its première at the Paris Opéra.
5 lis 2014 · The central issue of the chapter is the need for historians to find ways to address opera’s “complete history,” including the interrelationships of composition, performance, and revisions when writing a historical narrative for opera.
Below, you'll find the core info on the periods with some key operas put in their chronological place. We hope to expand this section enormously, exploring opera's development across Europe and the world, and we've started on that mission with a more expansive history of opera in English.
ISSN 2155-1099X (online) © 2014, Journal of Music History Pedagogy, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) 350 Journal of Music History Pedagogy Monteverdi’s Orfeo); public opera in Venice on classical and historical subjects (Monteverdi, Cavalli); opera in France and England (Lully, Purcell); eighteenth ...
