The Shockingly Boisterous Truth About The First Opera Performances.

Today's opera performances are fairly reserved and formal...but was it always that way? Join us for a look at the early days of public opera performances in Italy

Host: Angela Dinkelman http://www.angeladinkelmansoprano.com/

Resources:
Opera on Tap https://operaontap.org/
The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon by Patrick Barbier https://www.amazon.com/World-Castrati-Extraordinary-Operatic-Phenomenon/dp/0285634607
Italian Opera in the 17th Century: https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/culture-magazines/italian-opera-seventeenth-century
What is Opera Made of Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GQ_48pjinY&t=6s

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