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Composers

Claudio Monteverdi

An opera pioneer

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George Frideric Handel

Revolutionizing opera

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A genius for music drama

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Giuseppe Verdi

The Italian master

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Richard Wagner

Visionary of the total work of art

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Richard Strauss

Musical opulence

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Dmitry Shostakovich

A musical firebrand

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George Benjamin

A new language of opera

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The history of opera

Tracking four centuries of music drama

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Opera creatives and their crafts

The people who make opera happen

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The voices of opera

Soprano, mezzo, tenor, bass and more

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The orchestra and the chorus

Ensembles crucial to opera's fabric

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