Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:character gptkb:Chorus
gptkb:Apollo
gptkb:Speranza
gptkb:Caronte
gptkb:Messaggera
gptkb:Plutone
gptkb:Proserpina
gptkb:Orfeo
gptkb:Ninfa
gptkb:Euridice
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Francesco_Gonzaga
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Claudio_Monteverdi
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Francesco_Gonzaga
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Palazzo_Ducale,_Mantua
gptkbp:genre early Baroque opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the earliest operas still regularly performed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
gptkbp:influenced development of opera as a genre
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Alessandro_Striggio
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Possente_spirto
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Raymond_Leppard
gptkb:John_Eliot_Gardiner
gptkb:Nikolaus_Harnoncourt
gptkb:Jordi_Savall
gptkb:René_Jacobs
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
gptkb:Nigel_Rogers
gptkb:Cathy_Berberian
gptkb:Anthony_Rolfe_Johnson
gptkb:Emma_Kirkby
gptkb:Anne_Sofie_von_Otter
gptkbp:notableProduction Glyndebourne Festival, 1967
La Scala, 1939
Zurich Opera, 1978
gptkbp:notableRecording Concentus Musicus Wien, 1968
English Baroque Soloists, 1987
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, 2002
gptkbp:orchestration diverse early Baroque instruments
gptkbp:premiereDate 1607-02-24
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Mantua
gptkbp:publishedIn 1609
gptkbp:recordedAt numerous modern recordings
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Thrace_and_the_Underworld
gptkbp:structure prologue and five acts
gptkbp:subject Orpheus myth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Le_Concert_d'Astrée
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7