Orfeo (opera by Monteverdi)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Orfeo_(opera_by_Monteverdi)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
gptkbp:catalogueNumber	SV 318
gptkbp:character	gptkb:Apollo gptkb:Speranza gptkb:Caronte gptkb:Messaggera gptkb:Plutone gptkb:Proserpina gptkb:Orfeo gptkb:Ninfa gptkb:Euridice Pastore
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Accademia_degli_Invaghiti
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Claudio_Monteverdi
gptkbp:duration	about 90 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed	Francesco Rasi (as Orfeo)
gptkbp:genre	early Baroque favola in musica
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the earliest operas still regularly performed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Orfeo (opera by Monteverdi)
gptkbp:influenced	established conventions of early Baroque opera
gptkbp:instrument	gptkb:organization gptkb:saxophone strings viola da gamba harpsichord recorder theorbo cornetto
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Alessandro_Striggio
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Possente_spirto
gptkbp:notableFeature	innovative orchestration choral writing instrumental sinfonias recitative and aria forms use of ritornello
gptkbp:notablePerformance	gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_(1967) gptkb:La_Scala,_Milan_(1939) gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London_(2007)
gptkbp:notableRecording	gptkb:René_Jacobs_(1988) John Eliot Gardiner (1987) Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1969)
gptkbp:originalTitle	gptkb:L'Orfeo,_favola_in_musica
gptkbp:premiereDate	24 February 1607
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Mantua,_Italy
gptkbp:publisher	Ricciardo Amadino (Venice, 1609)
gptkbp:scoredFor	survives in 1609 printed edition
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Thrace_and_the_Underworld
gptkbp:structure	prologue and five acts
gptkbp:theme	power of music love and loss death and the afterlife
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Orpheus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5