Although stage plays have been set to music since the time of ancient Greeks when the dramas were accompanied by violin, the usually accepted date for the beginning of opera as we know is 1600. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King HenryⅣ of France to Maria de Medic of Italy, Jacopo Feri produced his famous Euridice, generally considered to be the first opera. Following this example, a group of Italian musicians called the camerata began to renew this kind of musical story.

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