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  "name": "Claudio Monteverdi",
  "description": "Claudio Monteverdi appears once in our Baroque list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "title": "L'Orfeo",
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      "whyItMatters": "Not the first opera and the first good one. Monteverdi works out in a single evening that an orchestra can characterise, and the form never looks back.",
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