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Who is credited with writing the first great Baroque opera?

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Are there choices? I finished this class a week ago, so i cant remember exactly, but I'm about 75% sure its either Jacopo Peri or Claudio Monteverdi (I think it Peri for the most part)
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Monteverdi is credited for writing the first grand opera in 1607 called L'Orfeo.
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