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Opera Music - Genre
Opera, which is the plural of "opus" or work, is still considered by many the most complete artistic form. Opera is a complete theatrical production including the plastic arts, sonorous arts, and performing arts; painting, scenery, and adaptive archi...More »
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Opera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Opera is about divine singing, beautiful music, intense drama, great literature, seductive lighting, breathtaking dress and scenery, innovative directing, sensitive conducting, convincing acting and God-given talent.
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Cavalli had enriched opera by introducing programme-music, which attempts to reproduce in tone the actual sights and sounds of nature. Cesti, by combining Cavalli's methods with his own musical learning, raised opera to a higher dignity than it had ever before attained.
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Words and Music; Berlin ... Words and music on the theme of Berlin, with readings by Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland. ... Opera: Popular opera on the way...
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