Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo, first performed in 1607 at the Gonzaga court in Mantua, holds a special position as the earliest opera to regain a place in current operatic repertoire.
Composer Biography
Monteverdi accompanied Duke Vincenzo of Mantua on military expeditions to Hungary in 1595 and Flanders in 1599.
Composer Biography
Monteverdi published his first collection of sacred music at the age of fifteen, followed by a second a year later.
Compositional Technique
Monteverdi's musical treatment in L'Orfeo follows the new principles of Italian dramatic monody, using rhetorical shifts of harmony to closely follow the dramatic intonation of the text.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Claudio Monteverdi was a musical revolutionary who championed the new style of music that replaced intricate Renaissance counterpoint with the more theatrical music of the early Baroque.
Composer Biography
Claudio Monteverdi, born in Cremona in 1567, was the son of an apothecary, surgeon, and doctor.
Composition History
The famous Lament of Ariadne, from Monteverdi's lost opera L'Arianna, made an immediate impression and was re-used by the composer, including with a sacred text later in his life.
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