Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, I was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, "Dafne" (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, "Euridice" (1600). Peri was born in Rome, but studied in Florence with Cristofano Malvezzi, and went on to work in a number of churches there, both as an organist and as a singer. He
Jacopo Fo prominent in the political campaign of Beppe Grillo. Jacopo Fo Jacopo Fo (born 31 March 1955) is an Italian writer-actor and director. He is the son of playwrights Franca Rame and Dario Fo. His 1992 book "Lo Zen e l'arte di scopare" ("Zen and the Art of Fucking") sold more than 70,000 copies. It formed the basis of the 1994 monologue "Sesso? Grazie, tanto per gradire!" ("Sex? Thanks, Don't Mind If I Do!"), which Jacopo Fo worked on with his father and mother, featuring educational pieces on topics such as AIDS, contraception, sex education and sexual repression. The government of