1861-1875
The opera garnier is one fo the most famous opera houses in the world. As the text book emphasizes, the opera flourished in the romantic era, and enthusiastic fans came together (as 1/3 of the population lived in cities at this time) to enjoy this form of art all over the world. As the industrial revolution brought people together, opera's became more and more famous. As we saw in the example of La Traviata, these operas placed an emphasis on personal feelings and expression, emotion rather than intellect, and an exploration and dissection of personal hopes and fears. As viewed in La Traviata, the woman's tuberculosis and fear of death is explored as she refuses to delve into a deep love. Instead she touches only the surface of life's gifts because she does not want to get hurt in the already painful state she is in. When she does give into love, we see a love of the fantastic and exotic creative imagination. mystical attachment to the world of nature that was also the result of the search for new sensations, and individual emotions.
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