Introduction to … Background: Introduction

1   Introduction to … Orfeo: Doubts Assail Orpheus
2   Introduction to … Orfeo: Orpheus's Long Lament and the First Ending
3   Introduction to … Orfeo: the Second Ending
4   Introduction to … Background: Introduction
5   Introduction to … Background: Monteverdi's Early Life and Education
6   Introduction to … Background: Monteverdi's Other Operas and Performance Practice
7   Introduction to … Orfeo: Prologue
8   Introduction to … Orfeo: a Shepherd Summons the Chorus to Sing
9   Introduction to … Orfeo: Orpheus Is Told That Eurydice Is Dead
10   Introduction to … Orfeo: Expressions of Grief from the Chorus and Shepherds
11   Introduction to … Orfeo: Orpheus Descends Into Hell
12   Introduction to … Orfeo: Charon's Response to Orpheus
13   Introduction to … Orfeo: Pluto's Pronouncement