Alessandro Striggio

Poet

Alessandro Striggio

1573 - 1630

Alessandro Striggio the Younger (ca. 1573 - 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. He wrote the libretto for Monteverdi's first opera Orfeo (1607).

Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Tu se' morta (from 'L'Orfeo') (1607) Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi

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