Orpheus in the Academy

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of the Mantuan Accademia deglia Invaghiti, the group which hosted the opera's performance, and to which the libretto author, Alessandro Striggio the Younger, belonged.

Autorentext

Joel Schwindt is Assistant Professor of Core Studies (Music History), Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He holds a PhD in Musicology from Brandeis University.

Klappentext

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of the Mantuan Accademia deglia Invaghiti, the group which hosted the opera's performance, and to which the libretto author, Alessandro Striggio the Younger, belonged.

Inhalt

Introduction: "The Invaghiti Orfeo"

Chapter 1: The World of the Italian Academies

Chapter 2: The Invaghiti's Literary Theater

Chapter 3: Musical Virtuosity and the Orphic Ideal

Chapter 4: Oratory and Noble Virtù

Chapter 5: Patriarchal Guidance, Gendered Educational Privilege

Chapter 6: The Mystical Architecture of Orfeo

Envoi: Orpheus's Exit from the Academy