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Euridice

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An opera by Jacopo Peri with additional material by Caccini
Libretto by OTTAVIO RINUCCINI (sung in Italian: records)
Jacopo Peri used the well-known classical myth of Orpheus for his Euridice, the earliest opera in music history. It was first performed in Florence in 1600: the occasion was the wedding of Maria dei
Medici to King Henry IV of France
MILAN CORO POLIFONICO
NEREO GASPARINI
(viola da gamba)
ARAM GODJURAN (lute)
MARIELLA SORELLI (harpsichord) INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE conducted by ANGELO EPHRIKIAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacopo Peri
Unknown:
Ottavio Rinuccini
Unknown:
Jacopo Peri
Conducted By:
Angelo Ephrikian
Source: Radio Times

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