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Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo, which premiered in 1607, is one of the earliest examples of a composer specifying the desired ...

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Howard Goodall:But Monteverdi did write the first good opera, L'Orfeo, which premiered in Mantua in 1607. Howard Goodall:He was aiming for maximum emotional effect, maximum narrative clarity ...