Peri: L'Euridice

Peri: L'Euridice

Ensemble Arpeggio - Roberto de Caro
Arts 524 132 (2 CDs)

Reissued as: Arts 47276

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Performers include: Gloria Banditelli (mezzo-soprano), Gianpaolo Fagotto (tenor)

L'Euridice (1600) of Jacobo Peri (1561-1633) is generally referred to as the earliest surviving "true" opera. Daphne (1598) of Peri & Jacopo Corsi (d.1604) is lost, while Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo (1600) of Emilio de' Cavalieri is perhaps more aptly regarded as an early oratorio.

Other recordings devoted to this work:

Peri: L'Euridice

Milano Polyphonic Chorus / I Solisti di Milano - Angelo Ephrikian
Rivo Alto 8915 (2 CDs)

Peri: L'Euridice

Lalouette / Masset / Les Arts Baroques - M. Podeur
Maguelone 111.105 (2 CDs)

Peri: L'Euridice

La Compagnia dei Febi Armonici / Ensemble Albalonga - Cetrangelo
Pavane 7372/3 (2 CDs)

A recording devoted to Peri's non-opera madrigals:

Il Zazzerino - Music of Jacopo Peri

Hargis / O'Dette / Lawrence-King / Perl
Harmonia Mundi USA 907234

Other early opera recordings:

Giacobbi: L'Aurora Ingannata (1605)

L'Homme Armé Vocal Ensemble / Gran Consort li Strumenti
Tactus 563201

Marco da Gagliano: La Dafne

Ensemble Elyma / Antonio il Verso Chorus - Gabriel Garrido
K617 058

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