L'Orfeo, SV 318 (Monteverdi, Claudio)

		Movements/Sections Prologue and 5 Acts Composition Year by 1607 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language

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Complete

 Complete score
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Boccaccio (2009/5/1)

 Complete score
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Pierre.chepelov (2009/12/29)

Publisher Info.:

Venice: Ricciardo Amadino, 1615.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Second printing from new engraving; originally published 1609.
#30835: Raw scan of double page spreads, grayscale 72 dpi.
#51366: From the above scan: single pages cleaned and set to B&W, 360 dpi.

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Toccata, Prologue, Act 1

 Toccata, Prologue, Act 1
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Philip Legge (2007/9/6)

Editor:

Philip Legge (1972*)

Publisher Info.:

Choral Public Domain Library, 2006.

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	L’Orfeo
Alternative Title	Favola in musica

Composer	Monteverdi, Claudio
Opus/Catalogue Number	SV 318
Movements/Sections	Prologue and 5 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	by 1607
First Performance	Ducal Palace, Mantua, 24 February 1607
First Publication	Venice: 1609, re-issued 1615
Librettist	Alessandro Striggio II (ca.1573–1630)
Language	Italian
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Monteverdi’s specification comprises 2 piccolo violins; 10 members of the violin family (viole da brazzo) in 2 groups of 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello; 2 double basses; 2 cornettos; 4 trumpets; 5 trombones; 2 recorders; 2 harpsichords; 3 chitarroni; 3 bass viola da gamba; a harp; 2 small pipe organs; and a portable reed organ (‘Regal’)
External Links	Karadar (libretto) ; opera-guide.ch (translations)

Misc. Comments

Roles

• La Musica (soprano)
• Orfeo (tenor)
• Euridice (soprano)
• La messaggera, Silvia (soprano)
• Speranza (soprano)
• Caronte (bass)
• Plutone (bass)
• Proserpina (soprano)
• Eco (tenor)
• Apollo (tenor)

Chorus:

• Acts 1, 2, and 5: nymphs and shepherds (a soprano, an alto and two tenors also soli)
• Acts 3 and 4: infernal spirits (two tenors and a bass also soli)