Introduction to Monteverdi: Orfeo by Thomson Smillie

Introduction to Monteverdi: Orfeo

Opera Explained

Thomson Smillie with David Timson (Narrator)

1 hour, 17 minutes first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction music
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Monteverdi’s Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera. Notable for its precise orchestration and powerful drama it was a groundbreaking work. It concerns the legend of...

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