Jacopo Peri

Jacopo Peri 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, and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600).

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Who was born first?

• Jacopo Peri was born 1 year before Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
• Jacopo Peri was born 1 year before John Bull
• Jacopo Peri was born 2 years before John Dowland
• Jacopo Peri was born 2 years after Thomas Morley
• Jacopo Peri was born 3 years before Hans Leo Hassler

Timeline

1. Thomas Morley1559 – October 1602
2. Jacopo Peri (this page)August 20, 1561 – August 12, 1633
3. Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckMay 1562 – October 16, 1621
4. John Bull1562 – March 12, 1628
5. John DowlandJanuary 2, 1563 – February 1626
6. Hans Leo HasslerNovember 5, 1564 – June 8, 1612

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