| Title | L’Orfeo |
| Alternative title | Favola in musica |
| Creators | Claudio Monteverdi, composer Alessandro Striggio II, librettist |
| Opus | SV 318 |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1607 |
| First published | 1609 |
| Dedication | Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas |
| Language | Italian |
| Period | Baroque |
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| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| View | Sinfonias and Ritornellos | strings | Gian Francesco Malipiero |
| View | Selections | 5 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| View | Selections | English horn, bass oboe, heckelphone and bassoon | — |
| View | Selections | organ | Leslie Joseph Deutsch |
| View | Selections | piano | David Evan Thomas |
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