Organization

Conductor

Nicholas Harnoncourt

Singer

Tenor

Philippe Huttenlocher

Orfeo

Roland Hermann

Apollo

Bass

Werner Gröschel

Pluto

Peter Keller

First shepherd

Francisco Araiza

Shepherd, Spirit

Rudolf A Hartmann

Jozsef Dene

Christian Boesch

Costume designer

Pet Halmen

Stage director

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Ballet

Ballett Zürich

Italian

L'Orfeo -  (Orfeo)

Zurich

Switzerland

A film of Monterverdi's masterpiece in the acclaimed Zurich staging of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, conducted in 1978 by the great Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arcadian landscape. Shepherds and nymphs greet the day. Orpheus and Eurydice, happy in their love, join in the song. The shepherds and nymphs listen to the song of Orpheus, which tells of the fulfillment of his love. But a messenger reports a serious fate to the singer: death snatched his beloved from him. In the underworld, moved by the missing songs of Orpheus, the death guard opens the gate to the underworld and Eurydice is allowed to follow her husband if he finds the way to the land of light. However, if he looks around for his beloved, she has to go back into the shadows. The two are already approaching the sunlight when Orpheus, tormented by doubts, stops on the threshold of the underworld. Anxious, he turns to Eurydice, who is now forever banished to the realm of silence. Orpheus stays behind in despair.

Opernhaus

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): L'Orfeo, favola in musica

L'Orfeo Monteverdi

Public

German

Approved

English

Orfeo by Monteverdi, From (1978/1978), Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,, Conductor Nicholas Harnoncourt, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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