Orfeo
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Orfeo is a Renaissance pastoral play by Angelo Poliziano that dramatizes the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and is considered an important precursor to Italian opera.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance play
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pastoral play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| approximateYearOfComposition | 1480s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mantuan court culture
ⓘ
courtly humanism ⓘ |
| author | Angelo Poliziano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Orpheus and Eurydice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Aristaeus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muses NERFINISHED ⓘ nymphs ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Gonzaga court of Mantua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dramaticMode |
pastoral
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tragic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | court entertainment ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Mantua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological drama
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pastoral drama ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalSource | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrologueBy | Angelo Poliziano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInItalian | Fabula di Orfeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
NERFINISHED
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development of pastoral drama ⓘ early Italian opera ⓘ |
| languageStyle | Tuscan Italian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of secular mythological drama in Italian
ⓘ
important precursor to Italian opera ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eurydice
NERFINISHED
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Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Orpheus’s attempt to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian Renaissance theatre tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late 15th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Thrace
NERFINISHED
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mythological pastoral landscape ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Orpheus as poet-musician
NERFINISHED
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death of Eurydice NERFINISHED ⓘ journey to Hades ⓘ |
| theme |
descent to the underworld
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fate and human limitation ⓘ love and loss ⓘ power of music ⓘ |
| writer | Angelo Poliziano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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