Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo
New Production
September
2009: 19 (20:00), 21 (20:00), 23 (20:00), 25 (20:00), 28 (20:00), 30 (20:00)
October
2009: 03 (20:00), 06 (20:00)
The Opera
Online ticket sale closed
Sung in Italian with electronic libretto in Italian, English
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
24 February 1607 proved indeed “a happy and auspicious day”: it marked the premiere of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in the Ducal Palace in Mantua. It was the birth of a masterpiece and also the birth of opera as an art form.
For this brand new production, Italian early music specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini unites with director Robert Wilson, who has drawn inspiration for his staging from a famous painting by Titian.
Conductor
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Staging, Sets and Lights
Robert Wilson
Costumes
Jacques Reynaud
Director's Collaborator
Giuseppe Frigeni
Collaborator on Sets
Serge Von Arx
Lighting Designer
A.J. Weissbard
Characters
Cast
Music
Roberta Invernizzi
Orpheus
Georg Nigl
Eurydice
Roberta Invernizzi
Messenger
Sara Mingardo
Hope
Sara Mingardo
Charon
Luigi De Donato
Proserpine
Raffaella Milanesi
Pluto
Giovanni Battista Parodi
Echo
Roberta Invernizzi
Apollo
Furio Zanasi
Nymphs and Sheperds' Chorus
Eleonora Contucci
Anna Simboli
Martin Oro
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Luca Dordolo
Gianluca Ferrarini
Marco Scavazza
Matteo Bellotto
Sergio Foresti
Anna Simboli
Martin Oro
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Luca Dordolo
Gianluca Ferrarini
Marco Scavazza
Matteo Bellotto
Sergio Foresti
Spirits' Chorus
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Luca Dordolo
Gianluca Ferrarini
Marco Scavazza
Matteo Bellotto
Sergio Foresti
Luca Dordolo
Gianluca Ferrarini
Marco Scavazza
Matteo Bellotto
Sergio Foresti
Solo dancer (Bird)
Nicola Strada (19, 21, 23, 30 September)
Saverio Pescucci (25, 28 September; 3, 6 October)
Saverio Pescucci (25, 28 September; 3, 6 October)
In coproduction with the Opéra National de Paris
