Enter Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), who composed Dafne (1597), which many consider to be the first opera. Just sub'd to Met Player today and it's a pretty nice service but the constant grey bar across the bottom of the screen is annoying.In Florence, a small group of artists, statesmen, writers and musicians known as the Florentine Camerata decided to recreate the storytelling of Greek drama through music. So it's a good service, but there are tradeoffs. Some dvd and blu ray players and tvs have Amazon video compatibility so you can stream it to your tv, but otherwise you're stuck watching it on a computer / hooking up your computer to your TV. i.e., copy protection) so you have to use their player or a couple other alternatives (WMP I think is one) which can be limiting.
Vids downloaded from Amazon have their DRM (digital rights management. The price is nice but you're giving up a fair amount by doing it - specifically format shifting, where you can rip a dvd and encode it - smaller files for mobile phones, larger files at full quality for home viewing, etc. In the past I've purchased a couple videos from Amazon. Amazon has a Netflix-like all you can stream service for Amazon Prime members but I was disappointed to see that there are virtually no opera dvds available on that service - the opera vids all seem to be pay per view, so I haven't tried any of them as yet.
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