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There, in 1678, some years before the production of Purcell's 'Dido and Æneas, an opera-house was opened with a performance of a Singspiel entitled 'Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch, the music of which was composed by Johannn Theile. Three other works, all of them secular, were produced in the same year.