Claudio Monteverdi

early baroque opera, renaissance sacred music, italian madrigal, 1600s, dramatic, solemn, sustained thoroughbass continuo, plucked lute, operatic soprano, classical recording, flowing and declamatory

early baroque opera, italian opera, 1600s, dramatic, mythological, sustained thoroughbass continuo, sparse chamber strings, operatic soprano, classical recording, declamatory with flowing arias

renaissance sacred music, early baroque opera, madrigal, 1600s, solemn, devotional, sustained thoroughbass continuo, plucked lute, operatic soprano, classical recording, flowing and contemplative

early baroque opera, italian opera, ballet, 1620s, dramatic, ceremonial, sustained thoroughbass continuo, sparse chamber strings, operatic soprano, classical recording, dance-like and declamatory

early baroque opera, italian opera, music drama, 1640s, dramatic, grand, sustained thoroughbass continuo, sparse chamber strings, operatic soprano, classical recording, expansive and declamatory