### First Modern Performance of Monteverdi **Date**: May 16, 1925 • **Location**: Rome, Italy The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris. Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history.

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