His works including 'L'Orfeo' and 'The Coronation of Poppea', who is considered to be the Father of the Opera?
L'incoronazione di Poppea L'incoronazione di Poppea L'incoronazione di Poppea (SV 308, "The Coronation of Poppaea") is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, first performed at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice during the 1643 carnival season. One of the first operas to use historical events and people, it describes how Poppaea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nero, is able to achieve her ambition and be crowned empress. The opera was revived in Naples in 1651, but was then neglected until the rediscovery of the score in 1888, after which it became the subject of
Orfeo ed Euridice Bach and variations for soprano coloratura. In this recording Philippe Jaroussky sings Orfeo and Amanda Forsythe is Euridice. Notes Sources Orfeo ed Euridice The opera is the most popular of Gluck's works, and was one of the most influential on subsequent German operas. Variations on its plot—the underground rescue-mission in which the hero must control, or conceal, his emotions—can be found in Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Beethoven's "Fidelio", and Wagner's "Das Rheingold". Though originally set to an Italian libretto, "Orfeo ed Euridice" owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its use of accompanied recitative and a general