Orfeo
# Orfeo

Orfeo is Italian for Orpheus, a figure in Greek mythology who was chief among poets and musicians.

## Opera

* L'Orfeo, a 1607 opera by Claudio Monteverdi
* La morte d'Orfeo, a 1619 opera by Stefano Landi
* Orfeo (Rossi), a 1647 opera by Luigi Rossi
* Orfeo (Sartorio), a 1672 opera by Antonio Sartorio
* La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers H.488 (1686), opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
* Orfeo ed Euridice, a 1762 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
* L'Orfeide, a 1925 opera by Gian Francesco Malipiero

## People

* Orfeo Vecchi (1551–1603), Italian composer
* Orfeo Boselli (1597–1667), Italian sculptor
* Orfeo Orfei (1836–1915), Italian painter
* Orfeo Angelucci (1912–1993), "contactee" who claimed to be in contact with extraterrestrials

## Other

* Sir Orfeo, a Middle English narrative poem
* Orfeo (novel), a novel by Richard Powers
* Orfeo (record label), a German record company
* Orfeo (spider), genus of spiders
* Orfeo Programme, a planned European Space Agency mission
* Orfeo Superdomo, a sports arena in Argentina
* Orfeo toolbox, image processing software
* Samba de Orfeu, song by jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond
* Orfeo, song by Italian and French singer Dalida
