 He sang in the first performances of Jacopo Peri's "Euridice" and Caccini's "Il rapimento di Cefalo" in 1600.In 1607 he created the title role in Claudio Monteverdi's "Orfeo", and in 1608 sang in the first performances of Marco da Gagliano's "La Dafne".In 1610 in Tuscany Rasi and his accomplices were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered for the murder of his stepmother's servant and the attempted murder of his stepmother; however because of the protection of the Gonzaga family he escaped, and his sentence was eventually annulled with the agreement that he never return to Arezzo, his birthplace.