The Invention of Opera
Listening Selections
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| nawm selection |
nawm title |
| 67 |
Caccini: Vedrò 'l mio sol, continuo madrigal |
| 68a |
Jacopo Peri: Le musiche sopra l'Euridice, opera, excerpts a) a) Aria, Nel pur ardor |
| 68b |
Jacopo Peri: Le musiche sopra l'Euridice, opera, excerpts b) Dialogue in recitative: Per quel vago boschetto |
| 69a |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, opera, excerpt from Act II: (a) Canzonetta: Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi |
| 69b |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, opera, excerpt from Act II: (b) Song: Mira, deh mira Orfeo |
| 69c |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, opera, excerpt from Act II: (c) Dialogue in recitative: Ahi caso acerbo |
| 69d |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, opera, excerpt from Act II: (d) Recitative: Tu se' morta |
| 69e |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, opera, excerpt from Act II: (e) Choral madrigal: Ahi caso acerbo |
| 70 |
Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera, Act I, scene 3 |
| 71a |
Antonio Cesti: Orontea, Act II, excerpts: a) Scene 16, recitative: "E che si fa?" |
| 71b |
Antonio Cesti: Orontea, Act II, excerpts: b) Scene 17 (excerpt), aria: "Intorno all' idol mio" |