George Frederic Handel. Bear in mind that most operas at the time were sung in Italian, regardless of the composer's home country.
The composer George Handel is considered a master of Italian opera and the English oratorio and became one of England's most important composers. He was a favorite of Queen Anne.
Italian2nd answerThe most common are Italian, French, German, Russian and English, but there are operas in many other languages too. Opera is an art-form, and it can be written in any language the composer wants.
Italian opera mainly focused on the voice not the music.The style was known as bel canto.There are less instruments used in italian opera compared to german opera.German opera often employed "singspiel" which is spoken not sung words.The melody in italian opera was more melosmatic and more syllabic in german opera.
Fidelio was Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. He worked and re-worked the opera and its overture many times. It is considered a masterpiece of German Romantic Opera.
Christoph Williblad Gluck
That sounds like Handel.
The composer George Handel is considered a master of Italian opera and the English oratorio and became one of England's most important composers. He was a favorite of Queen Anne.
There is a misunderstanding that John Gay wrote an opera called The Beggar's Opera. This is not the case. Gay was born in Barnstaple, Devon , England and was a poet, not a composer. The words to The Beggar's Opera were written by Gay but the music was by Pepusch ( a German composer )
Italian2nd answerThe most common are Italian, French, German, Russian and English, but there are operas in many other languages too. Opera is an art-form, and it can be written in any language the composer wants.
Mozart, Die Zauberflote is one German composer and work.
The opera Mefistofele was written by the Italian composer Arrigo Boito.
Italian opera mainly focused on the voice not the music.The style was known as bel canto.There are less instruments used in italian opera compared to german opera.German opera often employed "singspiel" which is spoken not sung words.The melody in italian opera was more melosmatic and more syllabic in german opera.
Andrew Lloyd Webber from England
Jules Massenet - but there are others on the same storey: - Manon Lescaut (1856) by French composer Daniel-François-Esprit Auber. Manon Lescaut (1893) by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Boulevard Solitude by German composer Hans Werner Henze.
Gioacchino Rossini composed the "William Tell" Opera.
Fidelio was Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. He worked and re-worked the opera and its overture many times. It is considered a masterpiece of German Romantic Opera.
Christopher