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Jacopo Peri

Italian composer and singer · Italy · Musicians · Lived 1561 to 1633 · aged 71

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He wrote the first opera - a form that didn't exist until he made it exist. Most of that premiere is lost, but the second one survives, and with it the beginning of a 400-year art form.

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Albums 4

IVItalian Renaissance Dances Vol. 12001
EUEuridice2000
LNLe musiche sopra L'Euridice di Ottavio Rinuccini rappresentantate nello Sponsalizio della Cristianissima Maria de' Medici Regina di Francia e di Navarra (1600)1997
IPIl Zazzerino - Music of Jacopo Peri

About this person

Jacopo Peri was born in Italy in August 1561, a singer and instrumentalist who'd become known as "lo Zazzerino" - the blond one. Around 1597 he composed Dafne, now considered the first opera, though most of the music has since disappeared. Three years later came Euridice, the earliest opera still intact. He died in August 1633, having opened a door no one knew was there.

Country
Italy
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1561 to 1633 · aged 71

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