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Which Italian city is known as the birthplace of opera?

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Florence

Opera emerged in Florence around 1600 through a group of musicians and intellectuals known as the Florentine Camerata. They sought to recreate the emotional power of Greek drama by combining sung text with instrumental accompaniment.

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