PART ONE – Baroque
Movie of Part ONE Slide presentation: https://youtu.be/zMd5clJbUgk
Giulio Caccini
Claudio Monteverdi
L’Orfeo (1607)
- Complete: https://youtu.be/7MBySz9Qxbc?si=7xcG-VqoS5fTaxdJ
- Libretto and translation: https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Orfeo-Texts-Translations-for-Web.pdf
L’incoronazione di Poppea (1636)
- Full film with English subtitles:
- Part 1: https://youtu.be/zfuFVK3TyA4?si=KTVSmRSuTfIHGK7l
- Part 2: https://youtu.be/LQ-_zj5NiaQ?si=sU0R204ngPutoOFs
- Pur ti miro: https://youtu.be/_isL0E-4TsQ?si=QdU4Nex4tpupCkeY
Jean Baptiste Lully
- Le roi danse (2000) – complete film about Lully and Louis XIV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASP2brcTh5A
BONUS
Jean Luc Goddard’s section from the film ARIA — set to Lully’s Armide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiQJSYp_PUM
Henry Purcell
Cold Song from King Arthur; https://youtu.be/Q8K8wFk-tn8?si=O3YWrNrLaDI6DpNR
Dido’s Lament: https://youtu.be/ou8A0g_jYyA?si=EHYrvJUfFdkiy7ez
Baroque Playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTXi-7PRs9c&si=tRO4wsnsQ41ZCTXM
Henry Purcell Playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKmndTf_tmxU&si=OxdfNATobZ1UHWAh
PART TWO – Ballad Opera to Classical
Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice: book about the life of a castrato superstar with some parts based on life of Farinelli
Ballad Opera and Late Baroque Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmgbZKsBS1o&si=fdKYISZCHaC6Bm0z
Classical Opera Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDp1yfm7aMg&si=zf5wz-Dph0SMCf9L
PART THREE – Bel Canto, Verdi
PART FOUR – Verdi. to Wagner
Anna Russell’s Ring Cycle: https://youtu.be/CM33rgC2Fek?si=V_wyZ6PFIJUdg0LV