Jacopo Peri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacopo Peri

Italian composer and singer

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1561

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1633

Profession: composer, organist, opera singer, opera composer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, I was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera.
He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, Dafne (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, Euridice (1600).