Although stage plays have been set to music since ...

Although stage plays have been set to music since the era(年代) of the ancient Greeks when the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus were accompanied by lyres(里拉琴) and flutes, the usually accepted date for the beginning of opera as we know it is 1600. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat(贵族) Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Peri produced his famous Euridice, generally considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata began to revive(复兴) the style. of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

1. This passage is a summary of ____.

A、opera in Italy

B、the Camerata

C、the development of opera

D、 Euridice.

2. According to the author, Jacopo Peri wrote ____.

A、Greek tragedy

B、the first opera

C、the opera Maria de Medici

D、the opera The Camerata

3. We can infer that the Camerata ____.

A、was a group of Greek musicians

B、developed a new musical drama based upon Greek drama

C、was not known in Italy

D、was the name given to the court of King Henry IV

4. The author suggests that Euridice was produced ____.

A、in France

B、originally by Sophocles and Aeschylus

C、without much success

D、for the wedding of King Henry IV

5. According to this passage, modern opera began in the ____.

A、time of the ancient Greeks

B、fifteenth century

C、sixteenth century

D、seventeenth century