Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Opera Author: Richard Fawkes Narrator: Nicolas Soames, Robert Powell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 2, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Since its origins in the sixteenth century, opera has been an extravagant, costly affair, arousing great passions. It has also produced some of the most sublime works of art, from Monteverdi to Wagner. Following the widely acclaimed History of Classical Music, Richard Fawkes traces the history of opera up to the present day on the first three CDs, and devotes the fourth to the history of operetta. Featuring more than seventy-five musical examples.
