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Monteverdi to Rossini - Italian Opera
As part of the BBC's focus on opera in 2010, Donald Macleod explores two centuries and more of Italian opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini
First Broadcast3 May 2010
Latest Broadcast7 May 2010
Episodes5
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Episodes
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EPISODE
Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod focuses on the first opera and the first operatic masterpiece.
May 2010
EPISODE
Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod focuses on Italian opera in the 1720s, and the work of Vivaldi and Handel.
May 2010
EPISODE
Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores Italian opera, focusing on the tradition of opera seria.
May 2010
EPISODE
Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores opera buffa, a comic style, often with ludicrous plots.
May 2010
EPISODE
Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores operas by Rossini, Ferdinando Paer and Simon Mayr.
May 2010