Name: L'Orfeo
Start: 2020-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wilminktheater

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Organization

Tenor

Samuel Boden

Orfeo

Soprano

Luciana Mancini

La Musica

La Ninfa

La Messaggera

Proserpina

Kristen Witmer

Euridice

La Speranza

Lucía Martín-Cartón

Sångare

Kevin D Skelton

Quinto pastore

Quinto spirito

Laurence Kilsby

Secondo spirito

Apollo

Nils Wanderer

Bass

Yannis François

Plutone

Alex Rosen

Caronte

Damien Pass

Quarto spirito

Dirigent

Hernán Schvartzman

Regissör

Monique Wagemakers

Kostym designer

Marlou Breuls

Ljus designer

Thomas Hase

Koreograf

Nanine Linning

Secondo pastore

Scenograf

Lonneke Gordijn

Terzo spirito

Silvia

Primo spirito

Primo pastore

Quarto pastore

Baritone

Terzo pastore

Nederlandse Reisopera

Opera2day

Orchestra

La Sfera Armoniosa

Ballet

Nanine Linning dance company

Musis Arnhem

italienska

L'Orfeo -  (Orfeus)

Den Haag

Nederländerna

Theater Diligentia

Arnhem

Musis & Stadstheater Arnhem

Zwolle

Theater De Spiegel

Rotterdam

Theater Rotterdam Schouwburg

Enschede

Wilminktheater

Private

Orfeus

engelska

nederländska

Approved

L'Orfeo

L’Orfeo (1607) – Favola in musica 
Music - Claudio Monteverdi 
Libretto – Alessandro Striggio 
L’Orfeo is a production by de Nederlandse Reisopera (Dutch National Touring Opera) and a coproduction with Studio DRIFT and Dance Company Nanine Linning

Conductor - Hernán Schvartzman
Concept - Monique Wagemakers, Lonneke Gordijn
(Studio DRIFT), Nanine Linning
Director - Monique Wagemakers
Choreography - Nanine Linning
Installation ‘Ego’ - Lonneke Gordijn (Studio DRIFT)
Costumes - Marlou Breuls
Light design - Thomas C. Hase
Ensemble – La Sfera Armoniosa 

CAST 
La Musica / Messagiera / Proserpina - Luciana Mancini
Orfeo - Samuel Boden
Euridice / Speranza / Eco - Kristen Witmer
Caronte / Spirito - Alex Rosen
Plutone / Pastore / Spirito - Yannis François
Ninfa - Lucía Martín-Cartón
Apollo / Pastore / Spirito - Laurence Kilsby
Pastore / Spirito - Kevin Skelton
Pastore / Spirito - Nils Wanderer
Spirito - Damien Pass
Dance Company Nanine Linning - Demi-Carlin Aarts, Mirko de Campi,
Luca Cappai, Kimmie Cumming, Milan van Ettekoven, Anna Suleyman Harms,
Boglarka Heim, Sergio Indiveri, Hang-Ceng Lee, Kyle Patrick

Tour dates 2020 
Enschede – January 25 (premiere) 
Leeuwarden – January 31
Maastricht – February 2
Utrecht – February 7 
Amsterdam – February 9 and 11
Rotterdam – February 13
Zwolle – February 15
Arnhem – February 20 
The Hague – February 22

Nederlandse Reisopera - L'Orfeo (2020): De installatie Ego

In the 2019-2020 season OPERA2DAY teamed up with the Nederlandse Reisopera and Studio Drift to produce Claudio Monteverdi's l’Orfeo. Hernán Schvartzman, OPERA2DAY's musical leader, conducted the performance and, together with Mike Fentross, he assembled the orchestra of La Sfera Armoniosa. The musicians used period instruments. Monique Wagemakers was responsible for the direction of this opera about Orpheus, who descends into the underworld to bring his beloved Euridice back to the living world. The motif is familiar to OPERA2DAY; fseveral years ago we used the story of Orpheus and Euridice for our opera La troupe d’Orphée. Design and installation are by Lonneke Gordijn (Studio Drift) and the choreography is by Nanine Linning.

The opera is about human mortality and the eternal life of art. The work opens with a prologue in which La Musica lauds the exceptional power of her form of art. Monteverdi emphasises this with the appearance of Apollo in the final act. The opera shows that music is the pre-eminent art form to touch our hearts and is capable of giving mortals like us joy or comfort in times of distress.

Press quotes: "Stunning in every aspect"

l'Orfeo received rave reviews. In our quotes, we mainly cite those about the musical contribution, the role of musical director Hernán Schvartzman (OPERA2DAY) and La Sfera Armoniosa, the baroque ensemble he assembled.

The gist of the reviews was nicely described by Theaterkrant: 'In the direction of Monique Wagemakers, Monteverdi's opera from 1607 became a 'total work of art' [...] It is as if the orchestra in the pit and the dancing canvas Ego high above the stage are one breathing organism, just splendid.' NRC newspaper: 'Conductor Hernán Schvartzman leads La Sfera Armoniosa with a sense of subtlety. […] In this way the musical approach connects with the theatrical approach.' Volkskrant newspaper wrote: 'The velvety sound of La Sfera Armoniosa conducted by Hernán Schvartzman coloured the entire opera beautifully.' Newspaper Trouw: 'The singers are great, as are the dancers and the musicians. In the pit, the 40 musicians of La Sfera Armoniosa led by Hernán Schvartzman provide the ultimate accompaniment.' Opus Klassiek wrote: 'this opera is a perfect collaboration of all involved.' And the Cultuurpers statet that 'this magnificent performance deserves to go on an international tour'.

The international platform Bachtrack was lyrical: ‘The instrumentalists of La Sfera Armoniosa added magic from the pit, displaying a wide array of colours. […] Period strings emitted a warm glow, clarions and cornetts snorted audaciously, theorbos throbbed under the precise baton of Hernán Schvartzman.' As was Arts Talk Magazine: 'The orchestra pit was a veritable cabinet de curiosités full of magic and wondrous instruments including antique brass trumpets and trombones, four ancient keyboards including organs, violas da gamba and three citterns which hovered like hungry cranes (the bird) waiting to swoop onto the choice notes as they swam past.'

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