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The Real History of Opera Series 7 Episodes

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  1. The Merry Widow

    3/3 Viennese Musical theatre was famous for its social comment. Lehar's work is no exception.

  2. La Clemenza di Tito

    2/3 Mozart's tale was commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia in 1791

  3. Mazeppa

    1/3 Tchaikovsky's opera centres on Russia's triumph at the battle of Poltava in 1709.