L'Orfeo

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L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early Baroque opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
associatedCourt Gonzaga court in Mantua ⓘ
basedOn myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ
catalogueNumber SV 318 ⓘ
character Caronte ⓘ
linked to: Charon

Euridice ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo

La Musica ⓘ
Messaggera ⓘ
Orfeo ⓘ
linked to: Orpheus

Plutone ⓘ
linked to: Pluto

Proserpina ⓘ
linked to: Persephone
commissionedBy Francesco IV Gonzaga ⓘ
composer Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ
dedicatedTo Francesco IV Gonzaga ⓘ
era Seicento Italian opera ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1609 ⓘ
firstPublisher Ricciardo Amadino ⓘ
genre favola in musica ⓘ
opera in five acts with prologue ⓘ
historicalSignificance bridge between Renaissance and Baroque musical styles ⓘ
pioneering role in the development of opera as a genre ⓘ
influenceOn development of later Baroque opera ⓘ
opera seria tradition ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Alessandro Striggio the Younger ⓘ
notableFor innovative use of recitative and aria ⓘ
one of the earliest works recognized as an opera masterpiece ⓘ
rich and varied instrumentation for its time ⓘ
notableRecording John Eliot Gardiner 1987 recording ⓘ
Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1968 recording ⓘ
orchestrationFeatures use of cornetts, sackbuts, strings, continuo, and other early Baroque instruments ⓘ
originalTitle L'Orfeo, favola in musica ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
performancePractice historically informed performance movement ⓘ
period early Baroque ⓘ
placeComposed Mantua ⓘ
premiereDate 1607-02-24 ⓘ
premierePlace Mantua ⓘ
premiereVenue Palazzo Ducale, Mantua ⓘ
linked to: Palazzo Ducale
scoring voices and orchestra ⓘ
setting Thrace ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ
structure prologue and five acts ⓘ
style monody ⓘ
stile rappresentativo ⓘ
subject Eurydice ⓘ
Orpheus ⓘ
descent to the Underworld ⓘ
yearComposed 1607 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

L'Orfeo → character → Euridice ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo → originalTitle → L'Orfeo, favola in musica ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
La Musica → appearsInWork → L’Orfeo ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
La Musica → operaTitleTranslationContext → L’Orfeo, favola in musica (Orpheus, a fable in music) ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
La Musica → setsThematicToneFor → L’Orfeo ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
Messaggera → appearsIn → L'Orfeo ⓘ
Messaggera → appearsInAct → Act II of L'Orfeo ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
Messaggera → workTitleFull → L'Orfeo, favola in musica ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
Alessandro Striggio the Younger → notableWork → L'Orfeo (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo
Italian opera → hasNotableWork → L'Orfeo ⓘ
Orfeo → influenced → Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo ⓘ
linked to: L'Orfeo