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

Organization

Vicenza Opera Festival

Cantante

Soprano

Emőke Baráth

Euridice

La Musica

Tenore

Valerio Contaldo

Orfeo

Michał Czerniawski

Primo pastore

La Speranza

Cyril Auvity

Secondo pastore

Primo spirito

Baritono

Francisco Fernández-Rueda

Terzo pastore

Secondo spirito

Peter Harvey

Nuria Rial

La Ninfa

Proserpina

Luciana Mancini

La Messaggera

Basso

Antonio Abete

Caronte

Terzo spirito

Baccante

Plutone

L'Orfeo

Vicenza

Italia

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

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Libretto di produzione

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