Publisher's Synopsis
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, in a theatrical setting, it incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. We look into the founding fathers of modern opera, composition, rythm and significance. In essence their relevance in history.Two men mark the point of departure of the lyric drama of today from the general style which characterized opera all the world over during the first two centuries following its invention. They are Verdi (vair-dee), the Italian, and Wagner (vahg´-ner), the German; and, strangely enough, they were both born in 1813. The latter exercised an influence which was universal, and Verdi fell under it.
