L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica (Claudio Monteverdi)
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= HELP- CPDL #17022: Finale 2006
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-15). Score information: A4, 81 pages, 1,651 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transcribed from edition of 1609.
- CPDL #11421:
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-04-08). Score information: A4, 25 pages, 270 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Score currently includes only: Toccata – Prologue – Act One. Transcribed from the 1615 reprint.
General Information
Title: L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB and solos
Solo rôles:
| La Musica (Music) | Prologue | soprano |
| Orfeo | Act 1 | tenor |
| Euridice | Act 1 | soprano |
| Ninfa (A nymph) | Act 1 | soprano |
| Pastori (Shepherds) | Act 1 | soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass |
Language: Italian
Instruments: Orchestra: flute, cornetti, clarino, trombe, trombones, strings, chitarroni, double harp, regal, two organs
Published: Ricciardo Amadino, Venice, 1609, and reprinted 1615.
Description: While there were semi-successful operatic experiments in Florence in the 1590s, Monteverdi's Orfeo was the first truly viable opera, first produced to great acclaim in February of 1607 in Mantua and the full score published soon after in Venice by Monteverdi's usual firm Amadino. The libretto was written by Alessandro Striggio (II), son of the Florentine composer Alessandro Striggio.
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