The Root Of All Opera: Monteverdi's 'Orfeo' (source: NPR)

It's hard to say who wrote the very first opera, but there's little doubt about the first, truly great one — it's Monteverdi's 1607 masterpiece, Orfeo, and it comes to World of Opera from a truly great opera house, Milan's La Scala. (source: NPR) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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