Alessandro Striggio the Younger (ca. 1573 – 8 June 1630) was an Italian

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, the son of the composer

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. The younger Striggio is most famous for his association with the composer

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. He wrote the libretto for Monteverdi's first opera '' Orfeo'' (1607), a landmark in the history of the genre, as well as the ''ballo'' (sung ballet) ''Tirsi e Clori''. Striggio worked at the court of

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and died of the plague while on a diplomatic mission to

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*Timothy Dickey
"Alessandro Striggio (ii)"
Allmusic. 1570s births 1630 deaths Italian opera librettists 17th-century Italian writers 17th-century Italian male writers 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Italian male dramatists and playwrights {{Opera-bio-stub