Rappresentatione_di_Anima,_et_di_Corpo
Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo
1600 Opera/oratorio by Emilio de' Cavalieri
Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo (Italian for Portrayal of the Soul and the Body) is a musical work by Emilio de' Cavalieri to a libretto by Agostino Manni (1548–1618). With it, Cavalieri regarded himself as the composer of the first opera or oratorio. Whether he was actually the first is subject to some academic debate, as is whether the work is better categorized as an opera or an oratorio. It was first performed in Rome in February 1600 in the Oratorio dei Filippini adjacent to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.[1]