The earliest Opera on record is Dafne by Jacopo Peri, an Italian composer. It is thought to have been written around 1597. Earlier Greek dramas were thought to have choruses that sung parts of the play, but those were not written as musical performances, hence the credit goes to the Italians.
The Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Chinese.
Italy
Florence, Italy
Opera was not invented until the mid-1600's. Ovid and Augustus never heard an opera.
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Opera evolved out of Oratorio and such things as the Passion Play and the Stabat Mater, both religious drama but no staging involved- all sung,.
the Chinese opera masks were invented because when people where at the opera they could see what the colours all mean and what the opera was about.
Italy
Florence, Italy
Opera was not invented until the mid-1600's. Ovid and Augustus never heard an opera.
dnt noe lol
Opera was not invented, rather it evolved over a few hundred years. The link below will give you a general overview.
Opera evolved out of Oratorio and such things as the Passion Play and the Stabat Mater, both religious drama but no staging involved- all sung,.
In 1776 the waltz was first danced in the opera Una Cosa Rara.
The Bassoon was initially invented for creating music especially bass music. It is widely used in opera, symphony orchestra, movie soundtrack, television and more.
Opera PochissimoOpera Pochissimo, which means extremely little opera, is an art form in which musicians and singers collaborate by combining libretto and chamber-style music in order to perform a dramatic work. Opera Pochissimo is approximately 3 minutes in length and cannot go over 3 minutes, not even by one single second or it loses its definition. Opera Pochissimo, a new sub-genre within the larger opera family, was invented during the spring and summer of 2010 and given its name and definition by prolific inventor Andre Gray, the inventor of ringtones & ringbacks, and the electronic press kit among others.
Opera Seria and Opera Buffa
There are numerous kinds, but the basic types are - Grand Opera Comic Opera Serious Opera Opera Semiseria Opera Cornique Opera Verismo Singspiel Operetta Chinese opera