For 10 points—name this Italian who, in 1607, composed Orfeo, the earliest significant opera.
His dramatic works include the ballet The Victory of Love and Ulysses's Return to his Homeland. His choral music includes nine books of madrigals and the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin. His studies under Jacopo Peri inspired his work, some of the earliest of the baroque period, including The Coronation of Poppea. For 10 points—name this Italian who, in 1607, composed Orfeo, the earliest significant opera.
His dramatic works include the ballet The Victory of Love and Ulysses's Return to his Homeland.
Claudio Giovanni Antonio {Monteverdi}