Sheet music

Original

L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica. Claudio Monteverdi. Orchestra. Secular , Opera. Language. Italian. SSATB and solos.

Translation

L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica. Claudio Monteverdi. Orchestra. Secular , Opera. Language. Italian. SSATB and solos.

Original

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.

Translation

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.