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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:basedOn
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Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice
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gptkbp:commissionedBy
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gptkb:Francesco_Gonzaga
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:Claudio_Monteverdi
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gptkbp:duration
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approximately 90 minutes
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gptkbp:firstPrintedScore
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1609
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gptkbp:genre
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favola in musica
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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marks transition from Renaissance to Baroque music
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gptkbp:influenced
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influenced later Baroque opera composers
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Italian
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Alessandro_Striggio
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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gptkb:Apollo
gptkb:Caronte
gptkb:Messaggera
gptkb:Orfeo
gptkb:Euridice
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gptkbp:notableAria
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gptkb:Possente_spirto
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gptkbp:notableFor
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one of the earliest operas still regularly performed
innovative use of orchestration
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gptkbp:orchestration
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strings, brass, woodwinds, continuo, and more
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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1607-02-24
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Mantua
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Ricciardo_Amadino
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Thrace_and_the_Underworld
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gptkbp:structure
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prologue and five acts
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Baroque_period
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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