Name: L'Orfeo
Start: 2019-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Olimpico

Organization

Vicenza Opera Festival

Singer

Soprano

Emőke Baráth

Euridice

Music

Tenor

Valerio Contaldo

Orfeo

Michał Czerniawski

First shepherd

Hope

Cyril Auvity

Second shepherd

First spirit

Baritone

Francisco Fernández-Rueda

Third shepherd

Second spirit

Peter Harvey

Nuria Rial

The nymph

Proserpina

Luciana Mancini

The messenger

Bass

Antonio Abete

Caronte

Third spirit

Baccante

Pluto

L'Orfeo -  (Orfeo)

Vicenza

Italy

Teatro Olimpico

“This work is not only one of the most beautiful operas of all, but also has a strong connection to the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. The theater was built in 1585, a few years before L'Orfeo was first performed in Mantua. The opera fits perfectly into this beautiful theatre.

There is another important point: I am fascinated by the finale. In the original version (in the libretto and in the Graeco-Roman sources), Orpheus rises from the underworld and is murdered by mad, ecstatic women who are very angry with him. Why? Because Orpheus rejects women - he never wants to fall in love again, having lost his 'perfect' Eurydice twice. The accused mad women (followers of Dionysus performing a wild bacchanalia) tear him to pieces.

Normally this opera is performed with an altered ending composed by Monteverdi a few years after the premiere. In this second version there is no Bacchanal, but Apollo appears from heaven and elevates Orpheus to the gods. The opera ends with a happy ending, with a conventional finale.

I'm obsessed with performing L'Orfeo with the Bacchanalia. For this I will compose the missing music in the style of Monteverdi. We will see a world premiere of the original concept, 500 years after it was written!”

Teatro Comunale di Vicenza

L'Orfeo Monteverdi

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Orfeo by Monteverdi, Wed 23 Oct 2019, From (2019/2019), Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues