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Born in Cremona, he was in the service of the Duke of Mantua about 15911612, and was director of music at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice, from 1613. He was the first to use an orchestra and to reveal the dramatic possibilities of the operatic form. His first opera Orfeo/Orpheus (1607) was produced for the carnival at Mantua in 1607.
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