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

Organization

Vicenza Opera Festival

Soprano

Emőke Baráth

Eurydice

La Musique

Ténor

Valerio Contaldo

Orphée

Michał Czerniawski

Premier berger

L'Espérance

Cyril Auvity

Deuxième berger

Premier esprit

Baryton

Francisco Fernández-Rueda

Troisième berger

Deuxième esprit

Peter Harvey

Nuria Rial

La nymphe

Proserpina

Luciana Mancini

La Messagère

Basse

Antonio Abete

Charon

Troisième esprit

Chanteur

Baccante

Pluton

L'Orfeo

Vicence

Italie

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

Valide

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