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Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: John Whenham
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986-02-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A detailed study of the earliest opera to have gained a foothold in the modern repertoire, the book begins with a historical section in which all the known evid
Orpheus in the Academy
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Joel Schwindt
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-09 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of th
The Operas of Monteverdi
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Claudio Monteverdi
Categories: Operas
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02 - Publisher: Oneworld Classics

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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in
Opera's First Master
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: Mark Ringer
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

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"Includes full-length Harmonia Mundi CD"--Cover, p. 1.
Monteverdi's Musical Theatre
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Lecturer in Music Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Tim Carter
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is well known as the composer of the earliest operas still performed today. His Orfeo, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, and L'incor