L'Orfeo, SV 318 (Claudio Monteverdi)
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Score includes only: Toccata – Prologue – Act One.
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Title: L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB and solos
Genre: Secular, Opera
Language: Italian
Instruments: flute, cornetti, clarino, trombe, trombones, strings, chitarroni, double harp, regal, two organs
Published: Venice, 1607
Description: While there were semi-successful operatic experiments in Florence in the 1590s, Monteverdi's Orfeo was the first truly viable opera, first produced to great acclaim in February of 1607 in Mantua and the full score published soon after in Venice by Monteverdi's usual firm Amadino. The libretto was written by Alessandro Striggio (II), son of the Florentine composer Alessandro Striggio.
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