Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is well known as the composer of the earliest operas still performed today. His Orfeo, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, and L'incor

Monteverdi's Voices provides a comprehensive account of the musical madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi. Author Tim Carter sheds light on how these wonderfully witt

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in

"Includes full-length Harmonia Mundi CD"--Cover, p. 1.

This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In part