Monteverdi might be surprised to find himself hailed as the inventor of the opera, and he disclaimed the role of revolutionary, but his Orfeo is a radical, innovative and extraordinary work The ...

Four hundred years since the creation of his first opera, Monteverdi is still regarded as the most powerful and innovative figure in the history of music. Claudio Monteverdi was one of music’s ...

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) may be the greatest composer we rarely hear much of. His music these days is the work of specialists who must learn how to play the instruments he used and study the way ...

Simon Russell Beale travels to Italy to explore the story of the notorious Duke of Mantua and his long-suffering court composer Claudio Monteverdi during the turbulent times of the late Italian ...