Monteverdi in Cremona
Opera was an invention of the Renaissance, starting around the year 1600. Perhaps the world’s first full-scale opera, or one of the first, was L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, composed in Read More …
Category: Cremona
Home of Stradivari, Monteverdi, Ponchielli
Except for people like me, who immediately think of Monteverdi, the Italian town of Cremona is best known for its long tradition as a violin-making town. It was the home Read More …
Mozart in Cremona
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) arrived in Cremona on January 20, 1770, a week before his fourteenth birthday. He was traveling with his father, Leopold Mozart, and they were Read More …