| Opera is part of the Western classical music | | | | style of theater performance drove its way into |
| tradition. It is a classical type of entertainment | | | | the higher class society in Europe, in which they |
| that combined theater with orchestral music and | | | | were specifically written to be sung with |
| singers who project their voices through a | | | | accompaniment began to surface. |
| distinctive classical method. The performers need | | | | In the history of Opera, Opera Seria was the |
| to be of multi-talent, they are trained in singing as | | | | most prestigious form of Italian opera. Mozart, |
| well as stage craft such as acting and | | | | who began his adventure with Opera Seria but |
| choreography. Typically operas productions were | | | | get his popularity for his Italian comic operas, |
| often used by kings and nobles to make an | | | | especially 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don |
| impressive show of wealth. These opera | | | | Giovanni'. The emergence of the music style with |
| performance is usually held in an opera house, | | | | its instruments played in the original Greek plays |
| accompanied by great orchestra. | | | | would have been quite simple. By renaissance |
| Opera started in Italy at the end of the 16th | | | | times, the instruments were quite different leading |
| century and soon spread through the rest of | | | | to richer music accompaniment. Today, with the |
| Europe. It was invented by a group of wealthy | | | | inventions of modern and advanced music |
| people in the city-state of Florence who wanted | | | | instruments, the music industry has improved |
| to reproduce ancient Greek drama. This new | | | | significantly in today's society. |