L'Orfeo

Opera: music by Claudio Monteverdi with libretto by Alessandro Striggio

MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q724008

L'Orfeo — Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

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Instance of: dramatico-musical work
Inception: 1607^[8]
Genre: favola in musica^[3]
Language of work or name: Italian^[5]
Catalog code: SV 318^[7]
Characters: Orpheus, Eurydice, Charon, Proserpina, Pluto, Apollo, nymph, Echo, Apollo, Caronte (Charon), Eco (Echo), Euridice (Eurydice), La messaggera (The Messenger), La Musica (Music), La Speranza (Hope), Ninfa (Nymph), Ninfe e pastori (Nymphs and shepherds), Orfeo (Orpheus), Plutone (Pluto), Proserpina (Proserpine), Spiriti infernali (Infernal spirits)^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi^[1]
Country of origin: Duchy of Mantua^[6]
Date of first performance: February 24, 1607^[25]
Different from: Orfeo^[27]
Discography: notable recordings of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo^[4]
Form of creative work: opera^[32]
Instrumentation: thoroughbass^[23]
Librettist: Alessandro Striggio^[2]
Location of first performance: Palazzo Ducale Mantua^[31]
Main subject: Orpheus^[24]
Number of parts of this work: +5, +1^[28]^[29]
Production date: 1607^[30]
Title: L'Orfeo^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en Orpheus en Orfeo, SV 318 en L'Orfeo, SV 318 en La favola d'Orfeo en L'Orfeo de L’Orfeo de L'Orpheo de L’Orpheo de L'Orfeo de Orpheus el Ορφέας el L'Orfeo el La favola d'Orfeo es L'Orfeo es La fabula de Orfeo es La fábula de Orfeo es La favola d'Orfeo es L'Orfeo favola in musica es L'Orfeo, favola in musica es Orfeo

🔖 Identifiers · 22

VIAF cluster ID: 175180300
Library of Congress authority ID: n81035851
GND ID: 300105800
AllMusic composition ID: mc0002360709
Archivio Storico Ricordi opera ID: 713
BBC Things ID: 481aca4d-abe6-4604-8ea6-02ae540ff071
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13916483d
CANTIC ID: 981058523060906706
Carnegie Hall work ID: 8638
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/La-favola-dOrfeo
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: l-orfeo, orfeo
Freebase ID: /m/02g88c

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IDU play ID: 2464
IMSLP ID: L'Orfeo,_SV_318_(Monteverdi,_Claudio)
MusicBrainz work ID: 20d389f8-b79b-4f38-a031-6db68c8d0901
Muziekweb composition ID: U00000630209
NE.se ID: orfeo
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007592889405171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX225915
Operone opera ID: orfeo
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058523060906706
Vikidia article ID: fr:L'Orfeo

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🔗 Connections

Characters 8

Apollo, nymph, Pluto, Orpheus, Charon, Proserpina, Echo, Eurydice

Location of first performance 2

Mantua, Palazzo Ducale Mantua

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Claudio Monteverdi, Claudio Monteverdi

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Alessandro Striggio, Alessandro Striggio

Composer 1

Claudio Monteverdi

Country of origin 1

Duchy of Mantua

Created notable works 1

Claudio Monteverdi

Different from 1

Orfeo

Form of creative work 1

opera

Instrumentation 1

thoroughbass

Language of work or name 1

Italian

Librettist 1

Alessandro Striggio

Main subject 1

Orpheus

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Orfeo

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Novoshevchenkove

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ L'Orfeo — composer (P86): Claudio Monteverdi. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ L'Orfeo — librettist (P87): Alessandro Striggio. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ L'Orfeo — genre (P136): favola in musica. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ L'Orfeo — discography (P358): notable recordings of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Retrieved 2019-02-11. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ L'Orfeo — language of work or name (P407): Italian. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ L'Orfeo — country of origin (P495): Duchy of Mantua. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ L'Orfeo — catalog code (P528): SV 318. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ L'Orfeo — inception (P571): 1607. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Orpheus. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Eurydice. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Charon. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Proserpina. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Pluto. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Apollo. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): nymph. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Echo. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Caronte (Charon). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Eco (Echo). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): Euridice (Eurydice). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): La messaggera (The Messenger). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): La Musica (Music). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ L'Orfeo — characters (P674): La Speranza (Hope). Retrieved 2019-04-25. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ L'Orfeo — instrumentation (P870): thoroughbass. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ L'Orfeo — main subject (P921): Orpheus. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ L'Orfeo — date of first performance (P1191): February 24, 1607. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ L'Orfeo — title (P1476): L'Orfeo. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ L'Orfeo — different from (P1889): Orfeo. Retrieved 2019-02-11. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ L'Orfeo — number of parts of this work (P2635): 5 act. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ L'Orfeo — number of parts of this work (P2635): 1 prologue. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ L'Orfeo — production date (P2754): 1607. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ L'Orfeo — location of first performance (P4647): Palazzo Ducale Mantua. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2021-10-20. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ L'Orfeo — form of creative work (P7937): opera. Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved 2023-02-22. wikidata.org.

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