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The standard textbook answer regarding the first Opera is 'Daphne' or 'Dafne' first performed in 1598 during Carnival at the home of Jacopo Corsi in Florence. The music was by Jacopo Peri to a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini. It is recognized as such because it was the first of a series of similar pieces that established the form of early 17th century Italian opera. The score does not survive. The link below will give a history of opera.
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Which is not a Puccini opera?
Operas composed by other composed are not Puccini operas.
Who wrote the most operas?
Austrian composer Wenzel Müller composed the most operas, writing around 166 of them.
Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?
You forgot to include the list of choices.
How does Wagnerian opera differ from bel canto opera?
Wagnerian operas are epic and tell complex stories. Bel Canto is a form of singing opera. Thus the operas are composed with different goals.
Who did verdi compose his operas for?
Verdi composed not for the the Italian elite, but for a mass public who's main entertainment was opera.
Which is not a Puccini opera?
Operas composed by other composed are not Puccini operas.
Who wrote the most operas?
Austrian composer Wenzel Müller composed the most operas, writing around 166 of them.
Name of Austrian composer who composed music and operas?
Mozart
Who composed the operas La Boheme and Tosca?
Giacomo Puccini
What are nicola porporas pices of work called?
He composed operas mainly.
What was the Phantom of the operas first name?
The phantom of the operas first name is Erik.
How many operas did George Frideric Handel make?
Handel composed: * 42 operas * 29 oratorios * 120 duets and trios and cantatas
Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?
You forgot to include the list of choices.
What operas did Leoncavallo write?
His most famous work was Pagliacci, but he composed around a dozen operas, one being La Boheme, which premired after Puccini's Boheme.
Who composed the music to the opera Cosi Fan Tutti?
This is one of three Mozart operas.
Mozart operas are written in the composer's native German as well as in?
Mozart composed operas in German and Italian. Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutteare three of his most popular Italian operas.
The opera The Barber of Seville was composed by?
Giovanni Paisiello and Gioacchino Antonio Rossini composed operas of this name. Paisiello's came first (1782), and Rossini's followed in 1816. Rossini at first called his verson 'Almaviva, ossia L′inutile precauzione', to distinguish it from the pre-existing work.
