service agreement. A contract entered into for a contractor to provide some form of useful task for their employers in return for compensation. A service agreement can also be a feature offered along with a warranty for a product for the manufacturer to provide service or coverage of any costs of service in case the product malfunctions during a given period.
Euridice (1600) is the first surviving opera. The libretto was by Rinuccini, music by Peri, with some portions by Caccini. This was also significant in that it used recitative, a foundation of operatic storytelling. But--what was the first great opera? My vote is for Monteverdi's Orfeo, libretto by Striggio, premiered in 1607.
In October, Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the New York Philharmonic in her âCircle Mapâ at the Park Avenue Armory. Coming 16 years after its premiere at the Salzburg Festival, âLâAmour de Loinâ will be the first opera by a woman performed at the Met since 1903, when the company did âDer Waldâ by Ethel M. Smyth. âItâs a shock,â Ms. Saariaho said of the gap in a telephone interview from Paris.