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... decorated with fountains , using ornate wrought - iron gates , or corridors of boxwood or other ornamental shrubbery for entrances and exits . The enduring theatrical invention of the high Renaissance in Italy was grand opera .
... decorated with fountains , using ornate wrought - iron gates , or corridors of boxwood or other ornamental shrubbery for entrances and exits . The enduring theatrical invention of the high Renaissance in Italy was grand opera .
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Each of them introduced changes which shaped the form of Italian grand opera as we know it today . Monteverdi worked principally in dramatic recitative , in which words are recited or declaimed against the instrumental background .
Each of them introduced changes which shaped the form of Italian grand opera as we know it today . Monteverdi worked principally in dramatic recitative , in which words are recited or declaimed against the instrumental background .
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John Gay wrote several plays but is remembered for one single work that was the greatest hit of its era on the London stage : The Beggar's Opera , that interspersed songs with straight dramatic action and dialogue .
John Gay wrote several plays but is remembered for one single work that was the greatest hit of its era on the London stage : The Beggar's Opera , that interspersed songs with straight dramatic action and dialogue .
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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