Title: Understanding Italian opera
Description: Renowned music scholar Tim Carter unravels opera's many layers to offer a thorough introduction to Italian opera from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Walking readers through the relationship between music and poetry that lies at the heart of any opera, Carter  offers explorations of five of the most enduring and emblematic Italian operas.
Subjects: Opera, Monteverdi, claudio, 1567-1643, Handel, george frideric, 1685-1759, Mozart, wolfgang amadeus, 1756-1791, Verdi, giuseppe, 1813-1901, Puccini, giacomo, 1858-1924, Opera, italy, Bohème (Puccini, Giacomo), Giulio Cesare (Handel, George Frideric), Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi, Claudio), Nozze di Figaro (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus), Rigoletto (Verdi, Giuseppe)
Places: Italy
People: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)