Music: Introduction to Opera

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Summer Term only. 

The invention of opera; a look at how opera developed in different ways in different countries, concentrating on the emergence of opera in the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, France and England. We will talk about key works and also look at other key moments in the development of opera in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Fortnightly on May 3, 17, 31; June 14, 28; July 12.