When did opera originate?

Traditional Chinese opera originated around 1600.

Opera is a stage performance art in the west. Simply put, it is a drama that mainly or completely explains and expresses the plot through singing and music (a drama that is sung rather than spoken).

Opera appeared in Florence, Italy in the17th century, that is, around 1600. It originated from the theater music of ancient Greek drama. The performance of opera, like the needs of drama, depends on the typical elements of the theater, such as background, costumes and performances.

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Opera, the representative word of opera in western languages, originated from the plural form of Latin "Opus" and was later extended to other European languages in Italian. As the name implies, the original intention of opera includes not only solo, duet and chorus on the stage, but also dialogue, performance and dance.

/kloc-at the end of 0/6, in Florence, Italy, a group of humanists formed a group called "Camerata with Good Society" to revive the stage performance art in ancient Greece. They think that the "chorus" part of ancient Greek drama is actually the chorus part. Some even think that ancient Greek drama is actually the same as today's opera, and all the plots are explained by songs.

Therefore, when Daphne, the first opera composed by Jacob Perry and based on ancient Greek mythology, premiered in 1597, it was praised by everyone, and everyone thought that "the drama spirit of ancient Greece was successfully revived".

However, Daphne was unfortunately defeated in the end, but another set of Perry's opera "Eurydice", which premiered on 1600, was rehearsed occasionally. But today, the oldest opera with a standard repertoire in the world of opera is claudio monteverdi's Flo, which premiered in 1607 in Mandua Palace.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Opera (Chinese Vocabulary)