page_title: List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi
section_title: L'incoronazione di Poppea
hierarchical_section_title: List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi / Operas / L'incoronazione di Poppea
caption_attribution_description: Title page of the 1656 libretto of L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Francesco Busenello. The large "1642" is the year the opera premièred, not the year of publication of the libretto.
context_page_description: Claudio Monteverdi wrote several works for the stage between 1604 and 1643, including ten in the then-emerging opera genre. Of these, both the music and libretto for three are extant: L'Orfeo, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea. Seven other opera projects are known; four were completed and performed during Monteverdi's lifetime, while he abandoned another three at some point. The libretto has survived for some of these lost operas.
  The opera genre emerged during Monteverdi's earlier career, first as courtly entertainment trying to revive Greek theatre. The first known work to be regarded as an opera in the modern sense is Dafne by Jacopo Peri, and his Euridice is the earliest surviving one. Since Monteverdi served as the court composer for the Gonzaga family from 1590 to 1612, he likely joined Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Florence for the 6 October 1600 premiere of Euridice. While Monteverdi's own impressions of the work are unknown, the duke realised the potential of this new art form and sought to gain prestige from the patronage of it.
context_section_description: (English: "The coronation of Poppaea")
  L'incoronazione di Poppea is a dramma musicale set to a libretto by Busenello. It is the final opera of the trilogy written for the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo, where it was first performed during the 1643 carnival season. It was one of the first operas based on historical events and people.
caption: Title page of the libretto
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