L'Orfeo, favola in musica, is a late Renaissance/early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. Written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua, L'Orfeo is one of the earliest music dramas still regularly performed.
L' ORFEO: Favola in Musica (1607) - Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643).
(Representación de Jordi Savall y La Capella Reial de Catalunya en el Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona, 2002)
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