Opera in English

Opera In English

The history of opera in the English language commences in the 17th century.

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    “The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)

    “He that would the daughter win
    Must with the mother first begin.”
    —17th-century English proverb, collected in J. Ray, English Proverbs (1670)