The first opera
Author: n | 2025-04-24
The first opera made, or at least the first opera to be preserved, was Euridice by Jacob Peri. However, it was Claudio Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo that became the first spectacular opera The origins of opera can be traced back to 16th Century Italy. The first recorded use of the term opera was in 1639 although the first opera composition was written in 1597. This first opera
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1600: Jacopo Peri’s opera Euridice, the earliest complete opera to survive, is performedOpera originated in Italy around 1600, but its story began many years earlier with the birth of Jacopo Peri in 1561. During his time at the famed Medici court, Peri cultivated the idea of dramatic singing through his work with Florentine poets, musicians, and writers. Although these artists sought to recreate the simplicity and grandeur of ancient Greek drama through their work, they actually ended up creating an entirely new genre altogether: opera.The birth of opera is typically associated with the 1600 premiere of Peri’s Euridice, the earliest complete opera to survive. However, Euridice is not actually the first opera ever written. That honor goes to Peri’s 1598 work Dafne, which was sadly lost to time. But both paved the way for operas still performed today, including Claudio Monteverdi's 1607 L'Orfeo, considered the first masterpiece of the genre. 1637: Teatro San Cassiano, the first public opera house, opens in Venice, ItalyThe first public opera house, Teatro San Cassiano, was inaugurated in Venice on May 6, 1637. Before the theater opened, operas were a spectacle only available to the aristocracy and the courts. But with the opening of Teatro San Cassiano, operas became available to anyone who could pay. This established the commercial practice of individual ticket sales and allowed opera to reach public audiences for the first time.Of course, the audiences of the early 1600s were much smaller than they are today. Teatro San Cassiano contained 153 theater boxes spanning five tiers, which could seat approximately 400 people. By comparison, a modern opera house like the San Francisco Opera’s War Memorial Opera House can seat 3,006 viewers with 200 additional standing room spots!1689: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, the first major English opera, is performedWhile opera may have been born in Florence, Italy is far from the only country that influenced its history. With Dido and Aeneas, England began to stake a major claim in the opera scene. Purcell’s work is an English Baroque opera based on Virgil’s telling of the legendary romance between Dido, the queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a prince from Troy. Yet, despite its classical pedigree, Dido and Aeneas is thought to have premiered at an unlikely venue: Josias Priest’s Boarding School for Girls in Chelsea, London.Through his work, Purcell helped pave the way for other icons of English opera, like German-born George Frideric Handel, who settled in London in 1712 and whose music owes a great debt to Purcell’s. 1762: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s reform opera Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) has its premiereOn October 5, 1762, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice premiered at Vienna’s Burgtheater, kickstarting the beginning of the opera. The first opera made, or at least the first opera to be preserved, was Euridice by Jacob Peri. However, it was Claudio Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo that became the first spectacular opera The origins of opera can be traced back to 16th Century Italy. The first recorded use of the term opera was in 1639 although the first opera composition was written in 1597. This first opera The origins of opera can be traced back to 16th Century Italy. The first recorded use of the term opera was in 1639 although the first opera composition was written in 1597. This first opera The origins of opera can be traced back to 16th Century Italy. The first recorded use of the term opera was in 1639 although the first opera composition was written in 1597. This first opera Last edited by admin For the moment, the Bookmark Importer is made for importing only bookmarks in Opera Presto (the old Opera) (latest version of it is Opera 12.17). Now We are currently at Opera 22. My understanding is that Opera is working on making the Bookmarks Importer work with 3rd Party Browsers, like Firefox. I know it was initially being worked on for Opera 23, but at this point, I don't know whether that will be implemented in Opera 23 or later.So, the only way to get Firefox bookmarks into Opera at this moment is to piggyback on Opera 12.17 -- that is, get the Firefox bookmarks into that browser, and then to use the Bookmarks importer in Opera 22. If you're going to do that, I would suggest completely uninstalling Opera 22, and then installing Opera 12.17 first. Once using Opera 12.17, click on File, Import and Export, and then, Import Firefox Bookmarks. After you import Firefox Bookmarks into Opera 12.17, then re-install Opera 22. Hopefully at that point the Bookmarks Importer will not be greyed out. Because the Importer has been on occasion a bit tempermental, here's a thread that gives suggestions. Leocg's comment in the thread is important, and it is based on that comment that I suggest completely uninstalling Opera 22 first, and then installing Opera 12.17 (to accomplish the importing of bookmarks from Firefox). in Opera 22 (after the reinstallation), remember to activate the Personal Bookmarks Bar. Go Ctrl P (settings), and put a check in Show the Bookmarks Bar. And of course, click on the Opera Menu, More Tools, and the Bookmarks Importer.Comments
1600: Jacopo Peri’s opera Euridice, the earliest complete opera to survive, is performedOpera originated in Italy around 1600, but its story began many years earlier with the birth of Jacopo Peri in 1561. During his time at the famed Medici court, Peri cultivated the idea of dramatic singing through his work with Florentine poets, musicians, and writers. Although these artists sought to recreate the simplicity and grandeur of ancient Greek drama through their work, they actually ended up creating an entirely new genre altogether: opera.The birth of opera is typically associated with the 1600 premiere of Peri’s Euridice, the earliest complete opera to survive. However, Euridice is not actually the first opera ever written. That honor goes to Peri’s 1598 work Dafne, which was sadly lost to time. But both paved the way for operas still performed today, including Claudio Monteverdi's 1607 L'Orfeo, considered the first masterpiece of the genre. 1637: Teatro San Cassiano, the first public opera house, opens in Venice, ItalyThe first public opera house, Teatro San Cassiano, was inaugurated in Venice on May 6, 1637. Before the theater opened, operas were a spectacle only available to the aristocracy and the courts. But with the opening of Teatro San Cassiano, operas became available to anyone who could pay. This established the commercial practice of individual ticket sales and allowed opera to reach public audiences for the first time.Of course, the audiences of the early 1600s were much smaller than they are today. Teatro San Cassiano contained 153 theater boxes spanning five tiers, which could seat approximately 400 people. By comparison, a modern opera house like the San Francisco Opera’s War Memorial Opera House can seat 3,006 viewers with 200 additional standing room spots!1689: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, the first major English opera, is performedWhile opera may have been born in Florence, Italy is far from the only country that influenced its history. With Dido and Aeneas, England began to stake a major claim in the opera scene. Purcell’s work is an English Baroque opera based on Virgil’s telling of the legendary romance between Dido, the queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a prince from Troy. Yet, despite its classical pedigree, Dido and Aeneas is thought to have premiered at an unlikely venue: Josias Priest’s Boarding School for Girls in Chelsea, London.Through his work, Purcell helped pave the way for other icons of English opera, like German-born George Frideric Handel, who settled in London in 1712 and whose music owes a great debt to Purcell’s. 1762: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s reform opera Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) has its premiereOn October 5, 1762, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice premiered at Vienna’s Burgtheater, kickstarting the beginning of the opera
2025-04-21Last edited by admin For the moment, the Bookmark Importer is made for importing only bookmarks in Opera Presto (the old Opera) (latest version of it is Opera 12.17). Now We are currently at Opera 22. My understanding is that Opera is working on making the Bookmarks Importer work with 3rd Party Browsers, like Firefox. I know it was initially being worked on for Opera 23, but at this point, I don't know whether that will be implemented in Opera 23 or later.So, the only way to get Firefox bookmarks into Opera at this moment is to piggyback on Opera 12.17 -- that is, get the Firefox bookmarks into that browser, and then to use the Bookmarks importer in Opera 22. If you're going to do that, I would suggest completely uninstalling Opera 22, and then installing Opera 12.17 first. Once using Opera 12.17, click on File, Import and Export, and then, Import Firefox Bookmarks. After you import Firefox Bookmarks into Opera 12.17, then re-install Opera 22. Hopefully at that point the Bookmarks Importer will not be greyed out. Because the Importer has been on occasion a bit tempermental, here's a thread that gives suggestions. Leocg's comment in the thread is important, and it is based on that comment that I suggest completely uninstalling Opera 22 first, and then installing Opera 12.17 (to accomplish the importing of bookmarks from Firefox). in Opera 22 (after the reinstallation), remember to activate the Personal Bookmarks Bar. Go Ctrl P (settings), and put a check in Show the Bookmarks Bar. And of course, click on the Opera Menu, More Tools, and the Bookmarks Importer.
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