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What happened to the score of Claudio Monteverdiās opera LāArianna?
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Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi, oil painting by Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1630; in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria.
The score for Claudio Monteverdiās 1608 opera LāArianna has been lost, with the notable exception of the famous "Lamento" (lament). This piece, which survives in various versions, is considered the first great operatic scenaāa scene of heightened dramatic effectāand became one of the most celebrated musical works of the 17th century.12