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Opera’s trajectory from the early 19th century through today began with Bel Canto in Italy and Grand Opera in Paris. Then Verdi merged the Romantic music revolution and nationalism with a tighter integration of music, lyrics, and plot. In Germany, the self-trained Wagner upended opera and classical music in general. Mussorgsky epitomizes Russia’s creation of a new opera genre rooted in Slavic music. Puccini led Italy's late 19th-century Verismo movement. In 1905, the shock of Richard Strauss Salomé ushered in 20th-century opera. Berg used atonal serial composition to create his masterpiece Wozzeck. Britten’s Peter Grimes launched post-1945 opera.

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