Fawkes, R.: The History of Opera (Unabridged) (Robert Powell)

Robert Powell

• Released on 02/06/1999 by Naxos Audiobooks
• Main artist: Robert Powell
• Genre: English

1 The History of Opera: Opera - The Beginnings

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2 The History of Opera: The Baroque - Opera Emerges

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3 The History of Opera: Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

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4 The History of Opera: The First Public Opera House In Venice - 1637

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5 The History of Opera: Opera Spreads

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6 The History of Opera: Opera In France

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7 The History of Opera: Opera In Germany - 17th Century

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8 The History of Opera: Opera In England - 17th Century

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9 The History of Opera: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

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10 The History of Opera: Castrati

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11 The History of Opera: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)

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12 The History of Opera: Singspiel

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13 The Classical Period

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14 The History of Opera: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

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15 The History of Opera: Mozart With The Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte

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16 The History of Opera: Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

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1 The History of Opera: Opera In Italy - The Early 19th Century

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2 The History of Opera: Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

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3 The History of Opera: Vincenzo Bellini

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4 The History of Opera: The High C

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5 The History of Opera: Opera In Germany - The Early 19th Century

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6 The History of Opera: Opera In Paris - The Early 19th Century

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7 The History of Opera: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1835)

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8 The History of Opera: Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

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9 The History of Opera: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1890)

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10 The History of Opera: Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921)

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11 The History of Opera: Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

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12 The History of Opera: Opera In England - 19th Century

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13 The History of Opera: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

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14 The History of Opera: Verdi - The Middle Period

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1 The History of Opera: Verdi - The Years Of Maturity

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2 The History of Opera: Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

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3 The History of Opera: The Ring

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4 The History of Opera: The Beginning Of Verismo

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5 The History of Opera: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

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6 The History of Opera: La boheme

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7 The History of Opera: The Rise Of Nationalism - Bohemia

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8 The History of Opera: Nationalism In Russia

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9 The History of Opera: Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

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10 The History of Opera: Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)

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11 The History of Opera: Peter Illy'ich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

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12 The History of Opera: Impressionism In France

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13 The History of Opera: Expressionism In Germany

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DISC 4

1 The History of Opera: Arnold Schonberg (1874 - 1951)

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2 The History of Opera: Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

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3 The History of Opera: Other German Composers

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4 The History of Opera: Poland - Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937)

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5 The History of Opera: Czechoslovakia - Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928)

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6 The History of Opera: Hungary - Zoltan Kodaly (1882 - 1967), Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945)

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7 The History of Opera: Spain - Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)

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About the album

• 4 disc(s) - 73 track(s)
• Total length: 05:17:10

• Main artist: Robert Powell
• Label: Naxos Audiobooks
• Genre: Pop/Rock Humour/Spoken Word English
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