Monteverdi, “L’Orfeo” (concert form) | San Biagio Temple (Montepulciano)

San Biagio Temple Via di San Biagio, 20, Montepulciano

Between 1479 and 1480 the poet Agnolo Poliziano (1454-1494) wrote the play La Fabula di Orfeo; this composition was taken up over a century later by Claudio Monteverdi to compose L'Orfeo, now recognized as the first masterpiece in the history of melodrama. On Saturday, Sept. 16, in the Renaissance setting of the Temple of San […]

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