play_circle
This is Operachevron_right
S02E10: Vivaldi and VeniceGener explains the three reasons why opera came to Venice in the middle of the 17th century and became a true phenomenon for the masses. Then Gener heads to the wonderful Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, the first enclosed theatre in the world, to understand what theatres were like before opera exploded on the scene as a fashionable spectacle and to see how theatres alla italiana were born and proliferated in Venice.
Genres:
Air Date:
Nov 22, 2015
Runtime:
50 minutes
Casts:
Ramon Gener
