The transition from “Opera Seria” to “Mozartean Opera” in the light of the Enlightenment
“Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama” [and] “is part of the Western classical music tradition.” (“Opera”) Since there have to be a music and a theatre together at the same time for performing an opera, consequently there has to be a topic for acting which is accompanied by an orchestra that played a suitable topical music. These topics usually deal with the current situations of the country that they were created in. Since opera culture started to develop itself in Europe especially in Italy, it was influenced by the important historical events that was happening at that time, a lot. The thing which is needed to develop opera culture is developing opera composers’ and sketch writers’ intellectual level. There, the Age of Enlightenment answered this purpose.
Writers and composers became educated and enlightened people......
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