Euridice

In the preface to his score of "Euridice" Peri has set forth his ideas about recitative.

Some Forerunners of Italian Opera 1896

Here is a sample of his style taken from a solo by one of the nymphs in "Euridice":

Some Forerunners of Italian Opera 1896

"Euridice," which is accepted as the first opera written in the new representative style of the sixteenth century to receive a public performance.

Some Forerunners of Italian Opera 1896

With the production of 'Euridice' the history of opera may be said to begin; but if the new art-form had depended only upon the efforts of

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

'Euridice' (which, in spite of newer developments, had not lost its popularity) was given in Paris under the patronage of Cadinal Mazarin.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

Mr. Morton Latham has reprinted in his 'Renaissance of Music,' The original edition of 'Euridice' contains an interesting preface, in which the composer sets forth the theory upon which he worked, and the aims which he had in view.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

Arno, or amidst the lagunes of Venice, had chosen all its primary inspirations from the unfamiliar and classic sources of heathen legend; and Pisani's "Descent of Orpheus" was but a bolder, darker, and more scientific repetition of the "Euridice" which Jacopi Peri set to music at the august nuptials of Henry of Navarre and Mary of Medicis.

Zanoni Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

From the moment her first cry of "Euridice" echoed through the auditorium, Blythe served notice that she had taken ownership of this touchstone role of the repertory: the plot of the despondent husband who ventures into the underworld to reclaim his dead wife.

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From the moment her first cry of "Euridice" echoed through the vast auditorium, Blythe served notice that she had taken total ownership of this touchstone role of the repertory - the despondent husband who ventures into the underworld to reclaim his dead wife, only to lose her again when he cannot resist gazing at her.

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Caccini's "Euridice" at Florence), a ballet entitled "Circe" was given on the occasion of the marriage of Margaret of Lorraine, the stepsister of Henry III.

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884