Jacopo Peri

Show Notes

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:43) Childhood and Youth

(00:07:25) Life and Career

(00:17:27) Final Years

(00:20:10) Musical Development and Historical Impact

(00:25:39) Life Apart from Music

(00:30:00) Where to find him today

(00:35:23) Summary

Step into Florence around 1600, where a gifted singer with magnificent golden hair quietly changed music forever. This episode tells the vivid, often messy life story of Jacopo Peri: court musician, municipal treasurer, survivor of two plagues, father of ten, and composer of Euridice, the oldest complete opera we have. You will hear about artistic rivalries, political games at the Medici court, spectacular premieres that went wrong, and the moment recitative was invented almost by accident. If you love Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner, this is the unlikely origin story of the art form they all inherited.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2Qm0WBKIumxRTbeIpx1DnO?si=3M7twZtiTymfQ9mpGObh6g

Grave: https://www.smn.it/en/

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