Italian opera "Dafne" by Jacopo Peri was the earliest composition considered opera, as understood today. Peri's works, however, did not arise out of a creative vacuum in the area of sung drama. An underlying prerequisite for the creation of opera proper was the practice of monody. Monody is the solo singing/setting of a dramatically conceived melody, designed to express the emotional content of the text it carries, which is accompanied by a relatively simple sequence of chords rather than other polyphonic parts. Italian composers began composing in this style late in the 16th century, and it grew in part from the long-standing
Jacopo Segre Jacopo Segre Jacopo Segre (born 17 February 1997) is an Italian football player. He plays for Venezia, on loan from Torino. On 18 July 2016, Segre was loaned to Serie C side Piacenza on a season-long loan deal. On 7 November he made his professional debut for Piacenza in Serie C as a substitute replacing Luca Matteassi in the 91st minute of a 3–1 home win over Como. On 23 December he scored his first rofessional goal, as a substitute, in the 83rd minute of a 2–1 home defeat against Lucchese. One week later he played his first entire match