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		<title>Opera Music of Italian Composer Francesco Cavalli</title>
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In mid-17th century Venice Francesco Cavalli (1602 – 1676) was the most famous composer in the rising genre of public opera . Overall, Cavalli created  thirty-three operas. His magnificent  masterpieces  make use of a small orchestra of strings and basso continuo to overcome  the limitations of opera houses.  Francesco was a major force in spreading opera music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=67</link>
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		<title>First Genuine English opera by Henry Purcell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some specialists consider Henry Purcell (1659-1695)  the first English opera composer. Others pass this honorary title to his mentor John Bow. No matter who is right or wrong, his famous opera Dido and Aeneas is the first genuine English opera masterpiece.
Henry wrote his monumental baroque opera to a libretto created by Nahum Tate. It comprises three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=64</link>
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		<title>First French Opera of Jean-Baptiste Lully</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jean-Baptiste de Lully was a famous 17th century French composer of Italian birth.  He spent most of his life working at the court of Louis XIV of France. When we speak about French opera and its founders, Lully is probably our best choice. In fact, he can be considered the founder of French opera and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=59</link>
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		<title>Farinelli &#8211; King of Baroque Opera Arias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are not many wonderful biopic movies about baroque opera singers and composers that one can find easily online or offline. It takes a lot of talent and guts to go through with the film project about opera nowadays. There just isn&#8217;t much money to make. Why watch a maestro who performs beautifully an opera [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=40</link>
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		<title>Monteverdi Opera &#8211; Transition from Renaissance to Baroque Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the earliest musical works that we recognize as an opera was created for an annual carnival in Mantua on February 24, 1607. Its creator revolutionary opera composer Claudio Monteverdi created it on the text by Alessandro Striggio. Today we know this early opera under the name The Legend of Orpheus or in Italian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Opera Buffa &#8211; Between Baroque and Classical Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1733 during empress of Habsburg celebrated her birthday. All cities and towns belonging to the vast empire launched their festivities in her honor. In Naples the festivities program included opera Proud Prisoner created by brilliant Italian opera composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi on a libretto written by Gennaro Antonio Federico.
As an intermezzo a rather smaller [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=26</link>
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		<title>Vivaldi Baroque Opera Arias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During baroque opera rehearsal with Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his orchestra &#8211; Ensemble Matheus&#8230;.  Famous contra tenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Vivaldi&#8217;s opera arias &#8216;Nisi Dominus&#8217;, &#8216;Cum dederit&#8217; and &#8216;Amen&#8217;. And contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings an aria &#8216;Stabat mater dolorosa&#8217; from Vivaldi opera  &#8216;Stabat Mater&#8217;.

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		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=14</link>
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		<title>Who Invented Opera?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to this day, specialists still have ongoing discussion trying to understand who invented opera. With some certainty we can say that the history of opera started the end of 16th century.  The birth of the opera was the result of curious discussions among the tight circle of Florentine elite himanists known as &#8220;Camerata de&#8217;Bardi&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.operagenius.com/?p=21</link>
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