Ottavio Rinuccini

Ottavio Rinuccini (20 January 1563[1] – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, Dafne, in 1597, he became the first opera librettist.

Commemorative plaque for Ottavio Rinuccini on the Via de' Rustici, Florence

He was born and died at Florence.

  1. ^ Firenze, Registro dei battezzati al fonte di S. Giovanni tenuto dal preposto di S. Giovanni, Registro 14, Carta 76v.