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Composer of the Week Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Episodes

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  1. The Very Reverend Claudio Monteverdi

    5/5 Monteverdi enters the priesthood and plague comes to Venice.

  2. La Serenissima

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores a new chapter in Monteverdi鈥檚 life in Venice.

  3. Opera

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores Monteverdi鈥檚 role in the birth of opera.

  4. Poverty in the swamps

    2/5 Donald Macleod explores the reality of Monteverdi鈥檚 life at the Gonzaga court in Mantua.

  5. Finding his Voice

    1/5 Monteverdi鈥檚 prodigious musical talent leads him from Cremona to Mantua.