Opera History Courses

A Brief History of Italian Opera

A History of French Opera

A History of Germanic Opera

Bel Canto

Beyond Aïda: the land of the pharaohs in opera

Czech Opera: from Smetana to Martinu

Der Freischütz

Discovering the Operetta

English Opera: from Restoration Masques to the present day

Fidelio, Beethoven’s one and only opera

Franz von Suppé

Handel Operas

It takes two!

Italian Opera: from Rossini to Puccini

Italy and the Birth of Opera

Modern Opera: from Schoenberg to Adès

MUSIC in TIME: Viva VERDI!

Opera in the New World

Opera stravagante: the Neapolitan School

Operas from the Met

Puccini and la giovane scuola

Russian Opera: from Glinka to Shostakovich

The Birth of English Opera

The Greatest Female Opera Singers

The Greatest Male Opera Singers

The History of Opera Part I & II

The Operas of Benjamin Britten

The Operas of Gluck

The Operas of Monteverdi

The Operas of Mozart & Da Ponte

The Operas of Richard Strauss

The Operas of Rossini

The Operas of Verdi & Wagner

The Two Barbers

The Voice

Wagner Operas