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