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Composer
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi
1567 - 1643 IT 2*
List of operas
  1. L'Orfeo 1* - Dramma per musica - Italian
    • Libretto by Alessandro Striggio based on the Greek legend of Orpheus
    • First performance at Court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua in 1607
  2. L'Arianna - Dramma per musica - Italian
    • Libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini based on the Classical story of Ariadne and Theseus from Ovid by Heroides
    • First performance at Mantua on 28 May 1608
  3. Il Combattimento di Trancedi e Clorinda - Italian
    • First performance in 1624
  4. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria - 5 acts - Italian
    • Libretto by Giacomo Badoaro based on the second half of the Odyssey by Homer
    • First performance at Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in 1640
  5. L'incoronazione di Poppea 1* - 3 acts - Italian
    • Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello based on the writings of Tacitus, Suetonius and others
    • First performance at Venice in 1642
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