Classical Music: Opera
Jacopo Peri's opera Euridice, with additional music by Giulio Caccini, was first performed in Florence on October 6, 1600, at the Palazzo Pitti with Peri himself singing the role of Orfeo. The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini is based on books X and XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses which recount the story of the legendary musician Orpheus and his wife Euridice.
Euridice was written for the marriage of King Henry IV of France and Maria de Medici. It should be noted that Caccini wrote his own Euridice even as he supplied music to Peri's opera, in fact published this version before Peri's was performed, in 1600, and got it staged two years later.
Jacopo Peri Opera Euridice Premieres
Jacopo Peri's opera Euridice, with additional music by Giulio Caccini, was first performed in Florence on October 6, 1600, at the Palazzo Pitti with Peri himself singing the role of Orfeo. The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini is based on books X and XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses which recount the story of the legendary musician Orpheus and his wife Euridice.
Euridice was written for the marriage of King Henry IV of France and Maria de Medici. It should be noted that Caccini wrote his own Euridice even as he supplied music to Peri's opera, in fact published this version before Peri's was performed, in 1600, and got it staged two years later.
