1640s
- 1649 in music - Giasone by Francesco Cavalli, premieres in Venice, the first opera to separate aria and recitative
- 1648 in music -
- 1647 in music -
- 1646 in music -
- 1645 in music -
- 1644 in music - Ormindo by Francesco Cavalli, premieres in Venice
- 1643 in music - death of Claudio Monteverdi
- 1642 in music - L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, premiered in Venice
- 1641 in music -
- 1640 in music - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi, premieres in Venice
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