Jacopo Peri

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Jacopo Peri
Jacopo Peri
Born	20 August 1561 Rome or Florence
Died	12 August 1633(1633-08-12) (aged 71) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Occupations	Composer singer instrumentalist

Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.^[1] He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost Dafne (c. 1597), and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600).

He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (lit. 'the blond one').^[2]