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From:  Reg Boyle <bandb@n...>
Date:  Sun Jun 11, 2000  12:58 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] opera history question


Dear Geraldine,
Off the top, the liking for the Italian operatic form
in Austria lead Mozart to Italy with his father, after which he composed
some opera in Italian and only later reverted to German.
It is generally accepted that early Venetian sung
plays were the origin of the species. Reg.



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