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Jacopo Peri

Born: 20th August 1561, Rome, Italy

Died: 12th August 1633, Florence, Italy

Nationality: Italian

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 (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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