Piper's Opera House - Did you know Euridice is the earliest surviving #opera, written by Jacopo Peri (pictured here) and Ottavio Rinuccini? Euridice was performed in Florence in 1600 and quickly spread
![Twitter 上的St. Petersburg Opera:"#OnThisDay in 1561, Italian composer & singer Jacopo Peri was born in Rome. Peri wrote the 1st work that we would today call an opera, 𝐷𝑎𝑓𝑛𝑒, around 1597. Twitter 上的St. Petersburg Opera:"#OnThisDay in 1561, Italian composer & singer Jacopo Peri was born in Rome. Peri wrote the 1st work that we would today call an opera, 𝐷𝑎𝑓𝑛𝑒, around 1597.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9PXWgVWEAUEh1l.jpg)
Twitter 上的St. Petersburg Opera:"#OnThisDay in 1561, Italian composer & singer Jacopo Peri was born in Rome. Peri wrote the 1st work that we would today call an opera, 𝐷𝑎𝑓𝑛𝑒, around 1597.
![PERI, Jacopo - in costume as Arion. Italian composer & singer, 1561-1633. Reads 'This figure is to be dressed in solid red over a gold foundation. Underneath he is to carry a PERI, Jacopo - in costume as Arion. Italian composer & singer, 1561-1633. Reads 'This figure is to be dressed in solid red over a gold foundation. Underneath he is to carry a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KF2R30/peri-jacopo-in-costume-as-arion-italian-composer-singer-1561-1633-KF2R30.jpg)