L'Orfeo

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/L'Orfeo
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label L'Orfeo
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:Orfeo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5