The Return of Ulysses and The Coronation of Poppea.
Most of his early works were motets and madrigals, and he spent the last thirty years of his life in Venice. Near the end of his life, he wrote the operas The Return of Ulysses and The Coronation of Poppea. His most famous opera contains the aria Tu Se Morta and begins with a character called La Musica explaining the power of the protagonist. Name this 16th and 17th Century composer who wrote an opera about Orpheus.
Most of his early works were motets and madrigals, and he spent the last thirty years of his life in Venice.
(Claudio) Monteverdi