4-TARARE 1787: OPERA = "SYSTEM OF GLUCK, OF SALIERI"... OF BEAUMARCHAIS
#Tarare is important in #MusicHistory, for #Beaumarchais burdened his & #Salieri Opera of theoretical rules on how Opera (Seria) must be, developing on #Gluck own #ReformOpera:
WORD more important than MUSIC!

6-DANAIDES 1784: EXTRA-DARK OPERA THAT PLEASED PARIS & ANTICIPATED ROMANTICISM
#LesDanaïdes1784 was great opera with great music, true #ReformOpera as #Gluck intended it in direction of #Wagner! It's based on a gruesome #AncientGreece story with #HellVision! #Salieri impressed!