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Emilio de Cavalieri regarded himself as the composer of the first opera or oratorio, with the ''Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo'', (libretto by Agostino Manni). Whether or not he was actually the first is subject to some academic debate, as is whether the work is better categorized as an opera or an oratorio. Since the ''Rappresentatione'' is fully staged, in three acts with a spoken prologue, it can be considered to be the first surviving opera as such. It was presented twice in February 1600.〔Hitchcock, Cavalieri〕 On 10 November 1600 Emilio de Cavalieri wrote a letter arguing that he, not Jacopo Peri, was the true reviver of Greek style acting with singing, i.e. opera. Peri later deferred to him in the preface to the published version of ''Euridice'' in 1601. It was imagined, almost certainly wrongly, that Greek drama was sung, not declaimed, therefore opera was a Renaissance revival of ancient practice. ==Editions== There are modern editions of the "opera": *Emilio de Cavalieri, (ed. Philip Thorby), ''Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo'', (King's Music, 1994); * the American Institute of Musicology, edition of 2007 (Modern score & 1 vol. of Facsimiles and translations). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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