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The Rise Of Opera In Monteverdi's Orfeo, Allison N. Zieg Oct 2021

The Rise Of Opera In Monteverdi's Orfeo, Allison N. Zieg

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Late Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is known by scholars as the father of opera. While Monteverdi did not directly invent the production, we honor him as the first to successfully produce three major operas that have survived to this day. His works set the stage for future opera composers, and he drastically influenced the rise of such a large scale production. He is most known for his opera "Orfeo," which has continued to be adapted to the modern stage, and performed frequently in several opera houses. What led to the creation of such an extravagant production and never before heard …


Vocal Art: Development Factors (From The History Of The Formation Of Fundamental Values), Marfua Khamidova May 2021

Vocal Art: Development Factors (From The History Of The Formation Of Fundamental Values), Marfua Khamidova

Eurasian music science journal

This article deals with the factors that played an essential role in the development of European Opera art and academic singing, which was formed by taking all the best that was developed over the centuries, forming criteria for the ideal sound image, starting with classical, romantic Opera and Opera verism and modernist concepts of the early twentieth century.