The History of Opera - Richard Fawkes torrent

Category: Lecture, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Music History Opera
Written by Richard Fawkes
Read by Robert Powell
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Listening Length: 5 hours and 17 minutes

Opera, said Moliére, is the most expensive noise known to man. From its beginnings in the 16th Century, through to today when there are as many musical styles as there are composers, opera has fascinated, infuriated, delighted, been censored, been banned, excited riots, even won a nation its freedom. Here is the colorful story of sometimes temperamental composers and even more temperamental singers working in an art form which has produced some of man’s noblest artistic creations. This absorbing history is illustrated by over 100 musical examples by Naxos artists as well as some of the greatest singers of the 20th century including Enrico Caruso and Fyodor Chaliapin.