Artist

Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi appears once in our Baroque list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

Ranked entries

1

Appears on

Baroque

Year

1607

Highest placing

No. 6 in Baroque

Updated

2026-08-30

Appears on

1. 06

   L'Orfeo

   1607

   Ranked No. 6 in Baroque

   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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