Opera's Classical Era

Opera Definition, Styles & Types

Francesco Guccini - Opera Buffa

Francesco Guccini - Opera Buffa

Rashaan Rori Allwood on Instagram: "Baldassare Galuppi, born in 1706 on the island of Burano, became one of Venice’s leading composers through the 1740s and 1750s. His keyboard sonatas and toccatas mark the shift from late Baroque to early Classical style with clear phrasing and bright harmonic colour. In the 1740s he collaborated with the playwright Carlo Goldoni, the major Venetian dramatist of the era and a pioneer of modern comic theatre, and together they helped shape the style of opera buf