What circumstances attended the spread of the Italian Opera?
Which European country was the next to take up Opera?
Who was the founder of this new school?
What efforts had been made prior to his appearance?
Describe Lully’s opera form.
Describe the French Overture.
Describe the Prologue.
Who was Lully’s successor?
What prevented the spread of the principles of the early Italian Opera
in England?
Give names of men connected with the early history of Opera in England.
Give an account of Purcell and his works.
What was the Masque?
Describe the typical English Opera. The Ballad Opera.
The pupil will note that the development of French Opera took place
in the reign of Louis XIV, and that it was after the restoration of
Charles II in England that opera began there, Purcell’s work ending
with the close of the 17th century.