The Beginning Of Opera Shows

The notorious opera shows were born at the end of the 16th century in Florence. The cause was a small group of people of the letters and the arts who intended to mimic the ancient Greek tragedy. Ancient Greek music was known to the public by the writings of Cassiodorus, the Auxiliary and the Dictionary of Sweden, translated in 1499 by Halkokondylis in Milan.  The development of opera during the Baroque period (circa 1600-1750) took place mainly in Rome and Venice. One of the works that established the Rome Opera was Stefano Landi's Sant Alessio (1632). But the presence of Claudio Monteverdi was the one who helped the opera shows to reach their peak and also to be transformed from a kind of plain entertainment of the aristocracy of the time to a kind of wider acceptance and quality. The great tragedies of the past, such as Eurydice and Orpheus were the inspiration for the first opera acts which took place during the 16th century. That was the beginning of an amazing course through time for this unique music genre, the opera shows. It wasn’t late before each and every Italian city would compete to win the challenge on this new form of art. The beginning of French opera can be placed in the second half of the 17th century, and its founder is considered to be Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). His operas were beloved, in contrast to later operas of the French tradition, which did not have much impact.