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| 1597 |
| | | Dafne is performed in Florence, becoming the first example of a new art form - opera | |
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| 1607 |
| | | Claudio Monteverdi presents Orfeo, the first opera to win a lasting place in the international repertory | |
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| 1637 |
| | | The first public opera house, the Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice | |
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| 1689 |
| | | Young gentlewomen in Chelsea give the first performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas | |
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| 1711 |
| | | Handel's success in London with his opera Rinaldo prompts him to settle in Britain | |
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| 1730 |
| | | The Italian poet Metastasio produces, in Vienna, opera libretti which are used by almost every composer of the day | |
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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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