Inside the Score | How L'Orfeo Changed Opera Forever @InsidetheScore | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Contrary to popular belief, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo wasn't actually the first ever opera. So what did l'Orfeo do differently, and why has it become recognised as such an important landmark piece, as the origin of 'true' opera?

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Script by: Yan Xing Lee
Narrated by: Oscar Osicki

0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Monteverdi's Background
1:40 - Humanism
2:27 - Music and Humanism
3:14 - Seconda Practica
3:40 - The Genres that Led to Opera
5:00 - L'Orfeo
7:23 - Word Painting
10:16 - How L'Orfeo Changed the Game