Stravaganza d'Amore! - The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court (1589-1608) - 2 CD (2022)

ISBN: 3149020940747

Stravaganza d'Amore! - The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court (1589-1608) - 2 CD (2022)

ISBN: 3149020940747
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Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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ISBN
3149020940747
Author
Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi
Publisher
HARMONIA MUNDI
Date of publication
2022
Format
CD
Language
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Late sixteenth-century Florence was a theatre: first and foremost a political one, in the eyes of the dynasties that wished to use the arts to display their power. A humanist one too, as is shown by these intermedi (interludes) that sought to achieve the perfect blend between music and poetry, the ideal of a certain Renaissance. Inserted into plays imitating the ancient writers, these entertainments were presented with lavish visual and musical resources. After reaching an initial peak in 1589 with theintermedi composed for Bargagli’s La pellegrina, this tradition was prolonged in the burgeoning genre of opera by such composers as Peri, Caccini (Euridice, 1600) and, very soon, Monteverdi (L’Orfeo) and Gagliano (Dafne).