The beginnings of the Opera

In ____________________ , a small ____________________ of artists , statesmen , writers and musicians known as the ____________________ Camerata decided to ____________________ the storytelling of Greek ____________________ through music . Enter Jacopo Peri ( ____________________ ? 1633 ) , who composed Dafne ( ____________________ ) , which many consider to be the ____________________ opera .

____________________ developed in western ____________________ in the early ____________________ century as a means of bringing ____________________ all the ____________________ , including painting , poetry , ____________________ , ____________________ and ____________________ .