What is opera?

What is opera?

Opera (the Italian for work) is an art form that tells a story through music and singing. Unlike a musical, opera singers do not use microphones to amplify their voices, and the music, played by the orchestra, is completely live.

The first ever public opera house opened in 1637 (the Teatro San Cassiano, Venice). This transformed Venice into Europe’s main centre for opera. As opera grew in popularity as an art form, more songs were included to please the crowds. Composers wanted their operas to be in the language of the audience. This is why, for example, Austrian composer Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) was written with Italian words (its libretto).

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