Jacopo Peri

Jacopo Peri (Italian: [ˈja.ko.po ˈpɛ.ri]; 20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost Dafne (c. 1597), and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600).

He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (lit. 'the blond one').

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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue

• 1597 Dafne, 1597 Italian
• 1600 Euridice, 1600 Italian