The opera technique of presenting continuous music and singing punctuated by arias was pioneered in the seventeenth century by

The correct answer is Claudio Monteverdi.

Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer who lived in the time of the late Renaissance and early Baroque period. He was and is considered to the most important developer of what was then the new musical genre of Opera. He basically invented it.  

in my opinion, and this only my opinion, not everything needs to have two people kissing to be romantic. yes it , but why do we have to have people kissing, and long walks on the beach for it to be romantic? yes, these are common characteristics of romantic, but we need to look beyond that.

the style of music that was composed during the classical era was concerto grosso.