Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo is a pivotal work in the history of the Baroque, bridging the gap between Venetian opera with its vocal virtuosity and the spectacle of French ballet. Commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin in 1646 to bring Italian style to the French court, it premiered in Paris in an elaborate…

Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo is a pivotal work in the history of the Baroque, bridging the gap between Venetian opera with its vocal virtuosity and the spectacle of French ballet. Commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin in 1646 to bring Italian style to the French court, it premiered in Paris in an elaborate…