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Opera was invented in Florence, Italy to the late 16th century by a group of wealthy intellectuals and musicians. Its aim was to reproduce the drama of ancient Greeks with the theater and the text that already existed. Europe was in the throes of the Renaissance period and during that time, architects, musicians, writers, and became fascinated with ancient cultures, including Greeks. The ancient works indicated that music was used as accompaniment, however, no music had been recorded. The Italian Renaissance began to recite aloud works and adding the musical notes as they recited. This eventually led them to start singing, as the text recited and led to the invention of opera.

In 1607, Monteverdi invented the first opera entitled La Favola d'Orfeo, which means translated s The legend of Orpheus. This opera is still performed today, more than 400 years later. The first operas emphasized words the dramas with music by simply playing a secondary role to the narrative in small intervals. However, as professional composers involved, added choirs, dance, and complicated, colorful songs called Arias to display her vocal talents of the actor.

Venice opened the first opera in 1637 and quickly became the center of the opera with the opening of 16 additional opera. Popularity spread throughout Italy and then England, Spain, Russia, Germany, Portugal, France and the rest of Europe. The most important opera centers of the 1700s were London, Naples, Paris and Vienna. While the operations were written in Italian, with time, composers began to write in their native languages. The most famous composers including Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Handel, Verdi, Puccini, Monteverdi, Mozart, Berlioz, Britten and Janacek.

Opera finally arrived in America in 1800, brought by immigrants from Europe. The Metropolitan Opera House New York is the most famous opera house in the United States and was inaugurated in 1883. Despite the proliferation of writers and modern composers, the most popular operas performed worldwide to date were written during the 18th and 19th century.

Glossary of Opera:

Aria: instrumental or vocal melody.

Ballad Opera: a dance, dialogue, and the song together.

Finale: The last part of the work.

Musical Comedy: songs, music and dancing.

Operetta: A cheerful opera.

Overture: musical piece at the beginning of the opera.

Synopsis: A history of opera.

Baritone: male voice, so an evil general.

Low: Deepest male voice, usually old, wise or funny men.

Castrato: Singer who has been castrated to preserve his voice for children.

Contralto: Rare, dark female voice, usually an old woman, witch, or grandmother.

Mezzo-soprano: Second highest female voice, usually a seductive witch, or mature women.

Prima Donna: singer lead, generally the most popular singer in the play.

Soprano: The best female singer, usually heroin, but there may be other comic characters.

Tenor: top male singers.

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