A legend says that the temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was destroyed by an arsonist who wanted to be known by posterity for this nasty deed. Nevertheless, he was punished with oblivion, and we don't know his name.We all know that opera started as an experiment in Florence during the last years of the 16th century, when the members of the Camerata were interested in finding out which was the role the music played in Greek tragedies. We remember the names of Ottavio Rinuccini, the poet who wrote the libretto to operas set to music by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini, and both named Euridice. By the way, Peri did not think he knew the specific way in which music was used in Greece. Later in Mantua, Alessandro Striggio and Claudio Monteverdi collaborated in the creation of the first masterpiece of…
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