Dafne

Dafne is the earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera.

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The story of Apollo falling in love with the eponymous nymph, Jacopo Peri wrote Dafne for an elite circle of humanists in Florence, the Florentine Camerata, between 1594 and 1597. It was probably first performed in either 1597 or 1598.

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An attempt to revive Greek mythology, Peri's work has been lost, despite its popularity and fame in Europe at the time of its publishing.

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The libretto for Dafne was written by Ottavio Rinuccini.

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Apollo: Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Ap?llōn) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt). In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated ...

Nymph: : For other uses of "nymph" see Nymph (disambiguation)....

Jacopo Peri: Jacopo Peri (August 20, 1561 – August 12, 1633) was an Italian composer and singer, often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, Dafne (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, Euridice (1600)....