L'Orfeide
OPERA BY GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Sette canzoni; La morte delle maschere; Orfeo, ovvero L'ottava canzone; Ovvero L’ottava canzone Orfeo; L’ Orfeide; La Morte delle maschere
L'Orfeide is an opera composed by Gian Francesco Malipiero who also wrote the Italian libretto, partly based on the myth of Orpheus and incorporating texts by Italian Renaissance poets. The work consists of three parts – La morte delle maschere (The death of the masks), Sette canzoni (Seven songs), and Orfeo, ovvero L'ottava canzone (Orpheus, or The eighth song).