Name: L'Orfeo
Start: 1978-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1978-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Nicholas Harnoncourt

Chanteur

Ténor

Philippe Huttenlocher

Orphée

Roland Hermann

Apollon

Basse

Werner Gröschel

Pluton

Peter Keller

Premier berger

Francisco Araiza

Shepherd, Spirit

Rudolf A Hartmann

Jozsef Dene

Christian Boesch

Costumes

Pet Halmen

Mise en scène

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Ballet

Ballett Zürich

italien

L'Orfeo

Zurich

Suisse

A film of Monterverdi's masterpiece in the acclaimed Zurich staging of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, conducted in 1978 by the great Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arcadian landscape. Shepherds and nymphs greet the day. Orpheus and Eurydice, happy in their love, join in the song. The shepherds and nymphs listen to the song of Orpheus, which tells of the fulfillment of his love. But a messenger reports a serious fate to the singer: death snatched his beloved from him. In the underworld, moved by the missing songs of Orpheus, the death guard opens the gate to the underworld and Eurydice is allowed to follow her husband if he finds the way to the land of light. However, if he looks around for his beloved, she has to go back into the shadows. The two are already approaching the sunlight when Orpheus, tormented by doubts, stops on the threshold of the underworld. Anxious, he turns to Eurydice, who is now forever banished to the realm of silence. Orpheus stays behind in despair.

Opernhaus

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): L'Orfeo, favola in musica

L'Orfeo Monteverdi

Public

allemand

Valide

Photos