opera 101 a complete guide to learning and loving
ged as a way to revive classical Greek drama, emphasizing music as a primary storytelling tool. The earliest operas, like Jacopo Peri’s Dafne and Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo, laid the groundwork. Baroque Era (17th - 18th Century): Composers like Handel, Bach, and Purcell expanded the form,