The first opera composed by a woman.
79. La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Francesca Caccini)
Category: 17th century opera
71. Atys (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
Atys, Atys, we all fall down! - Trad. nursery rhyme
57. La favola d’Orfeo (Claudio Monteverdi)
The earliest opera still regularly performed.
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