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Chopin – La Dame Aux Camélias, Performed by the Paris Opera Ballet

…set in Paris. The ballet features beautiful music by Chopin and showcases the talented dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet. This lavish production was filmed live at the Palais Garnier…
Paris Opera Ballet Performs Cinderella by Prokofiev
Christoph Willibald Gluck

…on opera based on the mythological story of Paris and Helen of Troy. The Paris Years and the Gluck-Piccini Rivalry In 1773, Gluck moved to Paris to further his reformist…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

…prolific composition. During this time, Tchaikovsky crafted some of his most celebrated works, including his ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. The Ballet Maestro Tchaikovsky’s ballets cemented…
Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

…Peri’s Euridice Peri’s opera Euridice is one of the earliest surviving examples of opera. The opera is known for its use of recitative, a style of singing that allows for…
Jules Massenet

…Lahore premiered at the Paris Opera, marking his ascent as France’s most prolific and celebrated operatic composer. Teaching Career and Ensuing Success In 1878, Massenet’s former mentor, Thomas, invited him…
Jean-Philippe Rameau

…shaping how harmony was understood in Western music. His theoretical ideas would influence composers for generations to come. Arrival in Paris and Opera Breakthrough In 1723, Rameau moved to Paris,…
Flop or Masterpiece? Ten Classical Works That Made a Comeback

…change upset the members of the Parisian Jockey Club, who attended the opera solely for the ballet and arrived fashionably late. Outraged by Wagner’s unconventional choice, the Jockey Club members…
Giacomo Puccini

…Opera The turning point in Puccini’s life came in 1876, when he and his brother walked nearly 20 miles to Pisa to watch a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Aida….
Gaetano Donizetti

…of operas, written in both Italian and French, and his work is widely recognized as a bridge between the styles of Gioachino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi. Donizetti’s operas are renowned…
Igor Stravinsky

…traditional music. His first significant work was “The Firebird,” a ballet commissioned by the Ballet Russes’ director, Serge Diaghilev. The ballet premiered in 1910 at the Paris Opera, catapulting Stravinsky…
Giuseppe Verdi

…was the intellectual and operatic hub of Italy, Verdi absorbed much about literature, politics, counterpoint, and the elements of opera. His success with his opera Nabucco later led to his…

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