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  1. Opera is a dramatic musical work in which 
  2. singing takes the place of speech. In opera 
  3. the music accompanying the action has 
  4. paramount importance, although dancing and 
  5. spectacular staging may also play their 
  6. parts. Opera originated in late 16th-century 
  7. Florence when the musical declamation, 
  8. lyrical monologues, and choruses of Classical 
  9. Greek drama were reproduced in current forms. 
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  11. Subject by: Shaun Jay
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