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In Italian they called it verismo, in French naturalisme. Bizet’s Carmen was the starting point of a movement that increasingly probed the problems of modern life by representing a series of realistic events. Carmen was an opéra comique where ‘realistic’ spoken dialogue was essential, communicating more like a play than an opera, and raising more contemporary questions than ...

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• Modern Era
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begin, with the festivities accelerating into a wild dance while the national folk music is prevalent. Personalities | Leoš Janáček | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera ...

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• Turn of the Century

Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline) Personalities | Giacomo Puccini | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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NTSC); Soloists: Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Leo Nucci (Germont) Personalities | Giuseppe Verdi | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Birgit Nilsson | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Bel Canto | Early & Middle Baroque | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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• Turn of the Century

adaptations were made before Bruneau turned his attentions elsewhere. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | John Adams | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera ...

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Personalities | Olivier Messiaen | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

• Personalities
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• Turn of the Century

director, producing Puccini’s Turandot in 1926. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Mary Garden | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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Personalities | Bohuslav Martinu | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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• Turn of the Century

catalyst for the regeneration of Italian literature. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera ...

• Personalities
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• Turn of the Century

of the Century | Opera Houses & Companies | Opéra-Comique | Early Romantic | Opera Houses & Companies | Paris Opéra | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera ...

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Personalities | Mauricio Kagel | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

• Opera
• High Romantic

High Romantic | Opera Styles & Forms | High Romantic | Opera Houses & Companies | King Ludwig & the Festspielhaus | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

• Opera
• Turn of the Century

the throne of Austria-Hungary leads to world war Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Styles & Forms | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera ...

• Opera
• Modern Era

Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | Kroll Opera | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | Entartete Musik | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Realism, Naturalisme & Verismo | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Verismo | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Serialism | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Expressionism | Modern ...