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December

Therapeutic art: A British Health initiative

An initiative, unveiled this week by British Health Secretary Matt Hancock, may soon enable the country’s doctors to prescribe therapeutic art- or hobby-based treatments for a wide range of mental health conditions. Therapeutic art- or hobby-based treatments for dementia, psychosis and mental health issues The medical benefits of engaging with the arts are well-recorded. According to the Telegraph “Dementia patients should be prescribed personal playlists to trigger happy memories   Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-doctors-may-soon-prescribe-art-music-dance-singing-lessons-180970750

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December

The transition between 18th and 19th century in Opera

Opera, until then the favourite entertainment of aristocracy and educated classes, was going to change radically as a consequence of the French revolution. In the three decades of the rise and fall of Napoleon, opera social function changed completely and irrevocably.

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April

Donizetti and Romantic opera

Bellini’s premature death allowed finally Donizetti to take the title of “Main Italian composer” left vacant by Rossini a decade before. On the other end, his sickness and death spared him the humiliation of being ousted again by the irresistible rise of Verdi.

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December

Pesaro | Gioachino Rossini

Rossini wrote his first opera, Demetrio e Polibio in 1806 not even fifteen. His official debut was in Venice in 1810 with the opera La Cambiale di Matrimonio. In the following two decades Rossini composed 39 operas, 4 or 5 new ones per year, with some controversial premieres, such as the Barber of Seville legendary fiasco in Rome in 1816 and some extraordinary successes: La Gazza Ladra, Zelmira and Semiramide, the last opera premiered in Italy in 1823.

The Comic Opera revolution | From Opera Seria to modern opera
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The Comic Opera revolution | From Opera Seria to modern opera

Comic opera History of Italian Opera The beginning - Baroque What is opera
Intermezzi and Commedeja pee Mmuseca At the beginning of the eighteenth century starts to develop a…
Sara Filippini 15th October 2015
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Vocal Types | Opera voices
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Vocal Types | Opera voices

The beginning - Baroque What is opera
The four main categories of Operatic voices Operatic voices are divided into 4 categories: soprano (high female), alto (low female),…
Sara Filippini 19th September 2015
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