Jacopo Peri

Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost ''Dafne'' (), and also the earliest extant opera, ''Euridice'' (1600).

He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (). Provided by Wikipedia