Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
1607 · Work
Court opera premiered at Mantua; one of the earliest works of the Baroque opera tradition; reshapes Western music.
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Around 1607
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)