Alessandro Striggio
Alessandro Striggio the Younger (ca. 1573 – 8 June 1630) was an Italian librettist, the son of the composer Alessandro Striggio. The younger Striggio is most famous for his association with the composer Claudio Monteverdi.
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Alessandro Striggio
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- Name
- Alessandro Striggio II
- Born
- ca. 1573
- Died
- 1630
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- Librettist
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice.
- Languages
- Italian.
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He wrote the libretto for Monteverdi's first opera Orfeo (1607), a landmark in the history of the genre, as well as the ballo (sung ballet) Tirsi e Clori. Striggio worked at the court of Mantua and died of the plague while on a diplomatic mission to Venice.
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• Background — person • Name — Alessandro Striggio II • Born — ca. 1573 • Origin — Italy • Died — 1630 • Place of death — Venice • Genre — Opera • Occupation — Librettist
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Alessandro Striggio is recorded as diplomat, musician, librettist, poet and lawyer.
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1630
Alessandro Striggio died at Venice.
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Mantua.
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Striggio, Alessandro (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
Striggio, Alessandro (ii), Oxford Music Online, 2001
Striggio, Alessandro, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Striggio, Alessandro: L'Orfeo, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
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