Audiences could be quite noisy before the beginning of the opera, due in part to __________
a) the fact that the music was new and not a cherished and respected masterwork
b) pre-show entertainment by traveling minstrels
c) the fact that they were a lower class and did not know how to act
d) excessive drunkenness
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