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| 1762 |
| | | The intensely dramatic music of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice introduces a much needed reform in the conventions of opera | |
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| 1786 |
| | | Mozart's Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna and then has a huge success in Prague | |
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| 1786 |
| | | The emperor Joseph II is reported to have told Mozart that his opera The Marriage of Figaro has 'too many notes' | |
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| 1787 |
| | | Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has its premiere in Prague | |
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| 1790 |
| | | Mozart's opera Così fan Tutte has its premiere in Vienna, in the court theatre of Joseph II | |
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| 1791 |
| | | Mozart's opera The Magic Flute has its premiere in Vienna in a popular theatre run by the librettist, Emanuel Shikaneder | |
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| 1805 |
| | | The first version of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, is performed in Vienna under the title Leonore | |
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| 1814 |
| | | The final version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio has its premiere in Vienna | |
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| 1816 |
| | | Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville has its premiere in Rome | |
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| 1821 |
| | | Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischutz has its premiere in Berlin | |
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