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Today, most composers take advantage of digital audio editing equipment to create scores for films or stage shows.

Those who attend operas sit in a large opera house or theater. Usually, these had extremely high ceilings and walls that were padded down with fabric. The acoustics in opera houses are extremely important, which is why they are designed to help sound bounce off certain parts of the room. This makes it easier for the singer to project their voice, for the orchestra to be heard clearly and for the audience to understand the melodies without them becoming jumbled together or muffled by poor acoustics. The Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the most popular opera composers of the eighteenth century. Works like The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni are considered masterpieces that are still performed today. Another famous opera composer was Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian

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