A more famous work about him first appeared in 1607, and opens in the fields of Thrace before moving to the underworld.  
This individual is the subject of a 1785 singspiel by Friedrich Benda, while his "fable" is the subject of the most popular opera by Alfredo Casella.  A musical drama about this figure by Antonio Sartorio added such superfluous characters as Achilles, Bacchus, and the title character's brother Aesculapius.  The title character is raised to the heavens by Jove at the end of an opera about his "death" by Stefano Landi, whils six electronic interludes interrupt the narrative in a work called "the mask of" this character by Harrison Birtwistle.  The title character is mistakenly stabbed to death by his dead wife's three sisters in a work about his "misfortunes" by Darius Milhaud.  A more famous work about him first appeared in 1607, and opens in the fields of Thrace before moving to the underworld.  FTP, name this figure from Greek myth, the subject of works by Offenbach, Gluck, and Monteverdi.
This individual is the subject of a 1785 singspiel by Friedrich Benda, while his "fable" is the subject of the most popular opera by Alfredo Casella.  
Orpheus (or Orfeo, I suppose)