Euridice: Jacopo Peri
Composer, librettist, and premier information with characters, plot summary, and historical significance.
Jacopo Peri
Article from Baroque Music with brief life, major musical positions, noted works, and related composers.
Jacopo Peri Operas
Title, librettist, and first performance of known works with Rinuccini libretto for Euridice.
Jacopo Peri: Zazzerino
Biography from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program with analysis of style, major compositions, associates, partial discography, and related musical information.
What Was the First Opera?
Examines the origins of the genre, including immediate precursors, settling on Peri and Corsi's Daphne as the most likely answer.