The Amatos also serve up serious opera, and the program captures that, too.
Salieri's first great success was in the realm of serious opera.
But I still dedicate most of my work each year to very serious opera.
It is a serious opera about how a woman can save a man by being true and faithful.
There was no difference in style between his comic and his serious operas.
From the beginning, the company interspersed serious opera with lighter works.
Their goal was to revive serious opera in English.
His operas, serious or comic, were in demand across Europe.
Gilbert finally proposed a comparatively serious opera, to which Sullivan agreed.
They liked their serious operas to include comic music.