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Jacopo Peri
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Key facts
- Born
- 20 August 1561, Rome or Florence
- Died
- 12 August 1633 (1633-08-12) (aged 71), Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Occupations
- Composer singer instrumentalist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacopo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Florence
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Notable work
- Euridice
- Student of
- Cristofano Malvezzi
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Renaissance
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jacopo Peri 1.jpg
- Residence
- Rome
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1561-08-20
- date of death
- 1633-08-12
- start of work period
- 1587-00-00
- name in native language
- Jacopo Peri
- Commons category
- Jacopo Peri
- place of burial
- Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
- P12674
- Crufts
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Jacopo Peri, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacopo Peri ( Italian: [ˈjaːkopo ˈpɛːri]; 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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