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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica''<br>
'''Title:''' ''L'Orfeo, SV 318''<br>
'''Original title:''' ''L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica da Claudio Monteverdi rappresentata in Mantova l'anno 1607.'' - Orfeo, fable set to music (=opera) by Claudio Monteverdi, presented in Mantua in 1607.<br>
{{Composer|Claudio Monteverdi}}
{{Composer|Claudio Monteverdi}}


{{Voicing|5|SSATB}} and solos<br>
{{Voicing|5|SSATB}} and solos<br>
'''Solo rôles:'''
'''Solo rôles:'''
{| border="1" valign="top"
:'''Prologue'''
|-
:La Musica (''Music''), soprano
|La Musica (''Music'')
:'''Act 1'''
|Prologue
:Orfeo, tenor
|soprano
:Euridice, soprano
|-
:Ninfa (''A nymph''), soprano
|Orfeo
:Pastori (''Shepherds''), soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass
|Act 1
|tenor
|-
|Euridice
|Act 1
|soprano
|-
|Ninfa (''A nymph'')
|Act 1
|soprano
|-
|Pastori (''Shepherds'')
|Act 1
|soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass
|}


{{Genre|Secular|Operas}}
{{Genre|Secular|Operas}}
{{Language|Italian}}
{{Language|Italian}}
{{Instruments|Orchestra}}: flute, cornetti, clarino, trombe, trombones, strings, chitarroni, double harp, regal, two organs<br>
{{Instruments|Orchestra: flute, cornetti, clarino, trombe, trombones, strings, chitarroni, double harp, regal, two organs}}
'''Published:''' Ricciardo Amadino, Venice, 1609, and reprinted 1615.
'''Published:''' Ricciardo Amadino, Venice, 1609, and reprinted 1615.


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Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-15).   Score information: A4, 81 pages, 1.61 MB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Transcribed from edition of 1609.

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Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-04-08).   Score information: A4, 25 pages, 270 kB   Copyright: © 2006 Philip Legge
Edition notes: Score currently includes only: Toccata – Prologue – Act One. Transcribed from the 1615 reprint.

General Information

Title: L'Orfeo, SV 318
Original title: L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica da Claudio Monteverdi rappresentata in Mantova l'anno 1607. - Orfeo, fable set to music (=opera) by Claudio Monteverdi, presented in Mantua in 1607.
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
and solos
Solo rôles:

Prologue
La Musica (Music), soprano
Act 1
Orfeo, tenor
Euridice, soprano
Ninfa (A nymph), soprano
Pastori (Shepherds), soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass

Genre: Secular, Opera

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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