L'Orfeo (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stattkus-Verzeichnis">SV</a> 318), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian">[la ˈfaːvola dorˈfɛːo]</a>, is a late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music">Renaissance</a>/early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music">Baroque</a> favola in musica, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Claudio_Monteverdi">opera</a>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi">Claudio Monteverdi</a>, with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libretto">libretto</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Striggio_the_Younger">Alessandro Striggio</a>. It is based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology">Greek legend</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus">Orpheus</a> and tells the story of his descent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades">Hades</a> and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurydice">Eurydice</a> back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival">Carnival</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua">Mantua</a>. While <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Peri">Jacopo Peri</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafne">Dafne</a> is generally recognized as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euridice_(Peri)">Euridice</a>, L'Orfeo is the earliest that is still regularly performed.Purchase the music (without talk) at:<a href="http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/store/p1731/Monteverdi%3A_L%27Orfeo.html">Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)</a>Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!<a href="http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html">Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)</a> staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

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Episode 30: 19030 Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

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