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 Fortunato contract. In July 2018, he moved to Pineto in the Serie D. Jacopo Fortunato Jacopo Fortunato (born 31 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pineto in Serie D. Fortunato joined Lombard club Internazionale along with Riccardo Bocalon in January 2008 from Veneto club Treviso for a total of €900,000 in co-ownership deals. In June 2008, Inter bought the remain 50% registration rights of both players for a total of €900,000. With the reserve team of Inter — the Primavera team, Fortunato usually played as a central midfielder in 442 formation, or one of the