L'Orfeo
The earliest opera still in the repertoire; it gave the genre an orchestra and real drama
- Author
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Style
- Baroque — Art designed to overwhelm: motion, dramatic light and theatre that pulls the viewer in
- Century
- 17th century
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