This opera's first known public performance was in the Adorno Theater in Genoa, though it may have been performed much earlier in Salzburg as a "pastoral drama." This opera with libretto by Alessandro Striggio was written for performance at the Mantuan court, unlike the Jacopo Peri work it was probably modeled on. This opera, whose (*) title character sings the song "rosa del ciel" ["RO-sah del CHELL"] and ascends to heaven with his father Apollo's aid, is the oldest in the standard repertoire. 
This opera's first known public performance was in the Adorno Theater in Genoa, though it may have been performed much earlier in Salzburg as a "pastoral drama." This opera with libretto by Alessandro Striggio was written for performance at the Mantuan court, unlike the Jacopo Peri work it was probably modeled on. This opera, whose (*) title character sings the song "rosa del ciel" ["RO-sah del CHELL"] and ascends to heaven with his father Apollo's aid, is the oldest in the standard repertoire. For 10 points, name this Claudio Monteverdi opera about a mythological musician.
This opera's first known public performance was in the Adorno Theater in Genoa, though it may have been performed much earlier in Salzburg as a "pastoral drama.
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