Dafne

For other uses, see Dafne (disambiguation).
Dafne
Opera by
Daphne Chased by Apollo, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744
LibrettistOttavio Rinuccini
LanguageItalian
Based onDaphne myth
Premiere
1598 (1598)
Palazzo Corsi, Florence

Dafne is the earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera.[1][2][3] The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini, based on an earlier intermedio created in 1589, "Combattimento di Apollo col serpente Pitone," and set to music by Luca Marenzio, survives complete.[4] The opera is considered to be the first "modern music drama."[5]

The mostly lost music was completed by Jacopo Peri, but at least two of the six surviving fragments are by Jacopo Corsi. Dafne was first performed during Carnival of 1598 (1597 old style) at the Palazzo Corsi.[6]

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  4. ^ Sonneck, O. G. (1913). ""Dafne", the First Opera. A Chronological Study". Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft. 15 (1): 102–110. ISSN 1612-0124. JSTOR 929391.
  5. ^ Hoxby, Blair (2005). "The Doleful Airs of Euripides: The Origins of Opera and the Spirit of Tragedy Reconsidered". Cambridge Opera Journal. 17 (3): 253–269. doi:10.1017/S0954586706002035. ISSN 0954-5867. JSTOR 3878297.
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