Name: L'Orfeo
Start: 2008-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Ténor

Dietrich Henschel

Orphée

Soprano

Maria Grazia Schiavo

Eurydice

Proserpina

La Musique

Sonia Prina

La Messagère

L'Espérance

Basse

Luigi De Donato

Charon

Antonio Abete

Pluton

Hanna Bayodi

La nymphe

Xavier Sabata

Premier berger

Cyril Auvity

Deuxième berger

Premier esprit

Baryton

Juan Sancho

Troisième berger

Deuxième esprit

Chanteur

Jonathan Sells

Quatrième berger

Troisième esprit

Ludovic Provost

Echo

Direction d'orchestre

William Christie

Mise en scène

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Costumes

Décors

Teatro Real de Madrid

L'Orfeo

Madrid

Espagne

Teatro Real

Claudio Monteverdi first presented L’Orfeo in the ducal palace of the Duke of Mantua on 24 February 1607, the date now regarded as the birth of opera. The Cremona-born composer defined the new genre with his favola in musica on the myth of Orpheus and its revolutionary treatment of drama and music.

Working from an erudite libretto by Alessandro Striggio based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Virgil’s Georgics, Monteverdi wrote a score so perfect that it would become the essential work of reference for opera in the centuries to come.

Thanks to its extraordinary conception and meticulous orchestration, L’Orfeo reaches a level of excellence rarely seen in the history of opera. Monteverdi was the first musician for whom the expression of deeply moving human feelings and passions was an absolute priority.

This is the first recording in the complete Monteverdi cycle with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, made possible by a three-year collaboration between Dynamic and Teatro Real. Luigi Pizzi’s attractive and original staging is enhanced by the rich colour of 17th century costumes. The musicians - and Christie himself - also perform in costume, with the conductor clad in a flowing red cloak and white ruffed colla

L'Orfeo Monteverdi

Valide

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