Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
Opera Seria
10
Opera Seria
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was an Italian composer, instructor and teacher who was born in Legnago, in the Republic of Venice. He was a very important person in the development of Opera in the 18th century. He was a student of Florian Leopold Gassmann, he wrote his opera's in 3 different languages. After 1804 he stopped writing opera’s, but still was taught at an Imperial Chappel, teaching sacred music.
Salieri: Les danaïdes, opera seria in five acts | Christophe Rousset
By: Karan Sharma
Christophe Rousset
What is Opera Seria?
Christophe Rousset is a French harpsichordist and conductor, specializing in the performance of baroque music on period instruments. He was born on April 12, 1961 in Avignon, France. He studied harpsichord at La Schola Cantorum in Paris. He created the group Les Talens Lyriques, which is a French instrumental and vocal music ensemble. It was formed in 1991 by the harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset. Exploring an extensive vocal and instrumental repertoire from Early Baroque to the Romantics, this French ensemble performs great masterpieces and unpublished works.
Opera Seria is an opera, usually one that's from the 18th century and presented in Italian. This Opera is usually a very serious themed Opera or it can sometimes be mythological themed. Compared to Opera Buffa it is quite different because that is funnier while Opera Seria is more tragic and dramatic. The term itself was rarely used at the time and only achieved common usage once opera seria was becoming more popular and in the beginning it was viewed as a historical genre. Opera Seria would be more sacred because it is more religous compared to secular which has nothing to do with religion.