The History of Opera - A Story in 11 Chapters 1597 - 1945 (Music Documentary)

The most important milestones, the greatest composers and the most significant works. Documentary with great music excerpts. 00:00 Intro 00:25 The beginnings 1597 - 1700 (Monteverdi, Purcell) 03:27 Tragédie lyrique 1670 - 1750 (Lully, Rameau) 05:53 Opera seria 1700 - 1791 (Handel, Metastasio, Gluck, Mozart) 09:14 Opera buffa 1700 - 1800 (Pergolesi, Cimarosa) 10:48 Singspiel 1776 - 1850 (Mozart, Beethoven, von Weber) 14:22 Opéra Comique 1807 - 1900 (Auber, Donizetti, Massenet, Bizet, Gounod, Offenbach) 18:52 Belcanto 1810 - 1845 (Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini) 23:43 Grand Opéra 1827 - 1873 (Meyerbeer, Auber, Rossini, Verdi) 28:12 The music drama (Verdi, Wagner) 1842 - 1900 (Verdi, Wagner) 35:17 The Verismo and Puccini 1890 - 1930 (Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Puccini) 42:16 Late Romanticism and Modernism 1900 - 1945 (Strauss, Korngold, Berg, Weill, Gershwin) Access to the online opera guide: www.opera-inside.com Biographies of Artists (YouTube Videos): Bach:    • Johann Sebastian Bach - a biography: his l...   Donizetti:    • Gaetano Donizetti - a biography: his life ...   Puccini:    • Giacomo Puccini - a biography: his life an...   Rossini:    • Gioacchino Rossini - A Biography: His Life...   Strauss:    • Richard Strauss - A Biography: His Life an...   Tchaikowsky:    • Peter Tchaikovsky - a Biography: His Life ...   Verdi:    • Giuseppe Verdi - a biography: his life and...   Mendelssohn:    • Mendelssohn - a biography: his life and pl...   Mozart:    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - a biography: his...   Brahms:    • Johannes Brahms - A Biography: His Life an...   Stravinsky:    • Igor Stravinsky: a biography in words and ...   Bruckner:    • Video   Wagner:    • Richard Wagner a biography in words and pi...   Bernstein:    • Leonard Bernstein - A biography: His Life,...   Mahler:    • Gustav Mahler - a biography: his life and ...