Opera After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that came to dominate the world's opera stages with such popular works as Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly". Later Italian composers, such as Berio and Nono, have experimented with modernism. The first German opera was "Dafne", composed by Heinrich Schütz in 1627, but the music score has not survived. Italian opera held a great sway over German-speaking countries until the late 18th century. Nevertheless, native forms would develop in spite of this
La púrpura de la rosa scores of other late seventeenth century musical plays in Spain suggest that the instruments would include harps, guitars, viols, violins, clarino and regular trumpets, drums, and castanets. Torrejón y Velasco: "La púrpura de la rosa " - The Harp Consort Torrejón y Velasco: "La púrpura de la rosa " - Clemencic Consort and La Capella Vocal Ensemble Torrejón y Velasco: "La púrpura de la rosa " - Ensemble Elyma, Madrigalists and chorus of the Teatro de la Zarzuela La púrpura de la rosa La púrpura de la rosa ("The Blood of the Rose") is an opera in one act, composed