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The Early Music Show

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Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: The Birth of Opera

The Early Music Show: The Birth of Opera: Episode 1: The Birth of Opera: Why Venice?

The Birth of Opera: Why Venice?

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Episode 1: The Birth of Opera: Why Venice?

The Birth of Opera

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Birth of Opera, The Birth of Opera: Why Venice?

Catherine Bott on the origins of opera and how it came to Venice in the 17th century.

Catherine Bott explores opera's origins in the courts of Florence and Rome, how it came to Venice during the 1637 carnival season and why it truly flourished there.

In the first of two programmes exploring the origins of Opera, Catherine Bott examines the genre from its earliest days in the courts of Florence and Rome. Although it began life in these courts, it was in Venice that Opera was truly born, and Catherine explores the circumstances which surrounded its arrival there during the city's Carnival season of 1637 and the reasons for its immediate success.

Bibliography

Ellen Rosand - Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: the Creation of a Genre
Muir - The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
Glixon & Glixon - Inventing the Business of Opera.

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Catherine Bott explores the origins of opera, examining the genre from its earliest days

Catherine Bott explores the origins of opera, examining the genre from its earliest days in the courts of Florence and Rome

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