L'Orfeo

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/L'Orfeo

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	Greek legend of Orpheus
gptkbp:character	gptkb:Apollo gptkb:Speranza gptkb:Caronte gptkb:Messaggera gptkb:Plutone gptkb:Proserpina gptkb:Orfeo gptkb:Ninfa gptkb:Euridice Pastore
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Francesco_Gonzaga
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Claudio_Monteverdi
gptkbp:duration	approximately 90 minutes
gptkbp:firstPublished	Venice, 1609
gptkbp:genre	early Baroque opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the earliest operas still regularly performed
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Alessandro_Striggio
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Possente_spirto
gptkbp:notableRecording	John Eliot Gardiner, 1987 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 1969 René Jacobs, 1988
gptkbp:orchestration	diverse early Baroque instruments
gptkbp:premiereDate	1607-02-24
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Mantua,_Italy
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Ricordi
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Thrace_and_the_Underworld
gptkbp:structure	prologue and five acts
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Orpheus_and_Eurydice
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Claudio_Monteverdi gptkb:Orfeo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	L'Orfeo