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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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| 1679 |
| | | 19-year-old Alessandro Scarlatti has a great success in Rome with Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante, the first of his 115 operas | |
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| 1689 |
| | | Young gentlewomen in Chelsea give the first performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas | |
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| 1697 |
| | | In his opera La Caduta de' Decemviri, Alessandro Scarlatti introduces a new form of prelude, later known as the Italian overture, which is an important stage in the development of the symphony | |
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| 1711 |
| | | Handel's success in London with his opera Rinaldo prompts him to settle in Britain | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | The symphony begins to develop as a musical form, deriving from the overtures of operas | |
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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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