Peri and Monteverdi composed operas based on the same subject-the story of Orpheus.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Both Peri and Monteverdi based an opera on the story of Orpheus. Peri's was called Eurydice and Monteverdi's was called Orfeo.

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