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