It was all but inevitable that the first operas:
A) would not be of interest to the people of Italy
B) would have no plot or storyline, just good music
C) would be rejected by the royal courts
D) would take a classic Greek story about the power of music as their subject
E) would be based on the Bible
D
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What will be an ideal response?
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