Which Italian musician is considered the creator of opera? His career as a performer and composer was spent in the

Italian cities of Cremona, Mantua, and Venice.



a. Monteverdi
b. Vivaldi
c. Corelli
d. Palestrina
e. Handel


ANSWER: a

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