Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
May 3, 2012 Watch an intense performance by a soprano who mixes rock glam with operatic elegance.
March 7, 2008 Monteverdi's 1607 masterpiece 'Orfeo' may be the single opera from which all others are descended.
March 23, 2007 Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses is a stunning musical take on Homer's Odyssey.
Interviews & Profiles
December 15, 2009 Monteverdi's set of Vespers illustrated a mastery of blending Renaissance and Baroque styles.
Discover Songs
March 7, 2008 Orfeo learns that his wife, Euridice, is dead, and reacts with the moving aria, "Tu se' morta ..."
More Stories
February 22, 2012 At the dawn of the 17th century, take a trip through the earliest days of a brand new art form.
January 18, 2012 With opera's subterranean serenaders, it's important to know a basso buffo from a basso profondo.
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December 17, 2010 When it comes to opera's founding fathers, Monteverdi stood head and shoulders above the others.
January 8, 2010 The 1607 masterwork is the first truly great opera from which all others are descended.
October 9, 2009 In Monteverdi's opera, the ethical tables are turned, as pure passion overcomes lofty principles.
December 5, 2008 Illicit passions prevail in Monteverdi's sensuous masterpiece, The Coronation of Poppea.
