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Claudio Monteverdi
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Claudio Monteverdi first worked at the court of the Gonzagas in Mantua and then for thirty years as maestro di cappella of San Marco in Venice. He defended a new style in which the text governs the music and dissonances may grate when the words call for it. His L'Orfeo from 1607 is regarded as the first great opera, with an orchestra that he prescribed in detail. His madrigal books let you hear, step by step, the transition from Renaissance to Baroque.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the Toccata from L'Orfeo: a festive fanfare on a single chord, with which the audience in Mantua was quietened in 1607.
L'Orfeo: Toccata (English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner) · Claudio Monteverdi, 1607
Lamento della ninfa (Magdalena Kožená, La Cetra, Andrea Marcon) · Claudio Monteverdi, 1638
Vespro della Beata Vergine: Deus in adjutorium (Philippe Herreweghe) · Claudio Monteverdi, 1610
L'Orfeo: Toccata (Concerto Italiano) · Claudio Monteverdi, 1607
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro (English Baroque Soloists) · Claudio Monteverdi, 1643
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In 1607 in Mantua, Claudio Monteverdi turned it into full-fledged music theatre with L'Orfeo, with orchestra, choruses and arias.