Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Diplomat, Librettist
1573 – 1630
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Who was Alessandro Striggio the Younger?
Alessandro Striggio the Younger 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. He wrote the libretto for Monteverdi's first opera Orfeo, a landmark in the history of the genre, as well as the ballo 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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- Born
- 1573
Mantua - Parents
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 8, 1630
Venice
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on July 23, 2013
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