- LOrfeo - Wikipedia
L'Orfeo (SV 318) (Italian pronunciation: [lorˈfɛːo]), or La favola d'Orfeo [la ˈfaːvola dorˈfɛːo], is a late Renaissance early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio
- Orpheus | Myth, Symbol, Meaning | Britannica
The character of Orpheus appears in numerous works, including operas by Claudio Monteverdi (Orfeo, 1607), Christoph Gluck (Orfeo ed Euridice, 1762), and Jacques Offenbach (Orpheus in the Underworld, 1858); Jean Cocteau’s drama (1926) and film (1949) Orphée; and Brazilian director Marcel Camus’s film Black Orpheus (1959)
- The Root Of All Opera: Monteverdis Orfeo - NPR
With Orfeo, Monteverdi created the first opera that both survived the centuries and stuck in the repertory -- a work of music and theater that displayed a brand new sort of artistic alchemy
- Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo | Music 101 - Lumen Learning
L’Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called La favola d’Orfeo, is an early Baroque favola in musica, or opera (sometimes considered late Renaissance), by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride
- L Orfeo | Claudio Monteverdi - Opera-Arias. com
L'Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called L'Orfeo, favola in musica, is an early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world
- Orfeo (Work - Claudio Monteverdi Alessandro Striggio)
Broken-hearted, Orfeo decides to follow his love into the Underworld Guided by Speranza, he reaches the gates of Hades Caronte is not moved by his singing and prevents him from crossing the River Styx
- The ORFEO page by IL CORAGO
Monteverdi's 'story in music' L'Orfeo (first performed in Mantua in 1607) is not 'the first opera' It's not an 'opera', and it wasn't the first But it is the earliest music-drama to have found a place in mainstream Opera Houses
- Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo - Google Books
The book begins with a historical section, in which all the known evidence about the creation and early performances of "Orfeo" is drawn together and evaluated The first chapter recounts the
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