Alessandro Striggio the Younger

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Alessandro Striggio the Younger was an Italian Renaissance poet and dramatist best known for writing the libretto to Claudio Monteverdi’s pioneering opera L'Orfeo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian poet
Renaissance writer
dramatist
human
librettist
associatedWith Ducal court of Mantua
linked to: Court of Mantua

Gonzaga family
collaboratedWith Claudio Monteverdi
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Mantua
Italy
creativeWorkRole librettist of L'Orfeo
employer Gonzaga court in Mantua
linked to: Court of Mantua
father Alessandro Striggio the Elder
floruit early 17th century
genre opera libretto
pastoral drama
influenced development of early opera
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
movement Italian Renaissance
notableFor writing the libretto of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
notableWork L'Orfeo (libretto)
linked to: L'Orfeo

La finta pazza Licori (libretto)
occupation dramatist
librettist
poet
partOf Mantuan court culture
relative Alessandro Striggio the Elder
style Renaissance drama
pastoral
workLocation Mantua
wroteLibrettoFor L'Orfeo
La finta pazza Licori

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L'Orfeo librettist Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Gonzaga court in Mantua patron Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Messaggera librettistOfWork Alessandro Striggio the Younger