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

Organization

Vicenza Opera Festival

Sänger

Sopran

Emőke Baráth

Euridike

Die Musik

Tenor

Valerio Contaldo

Orfeus

Michał Czerniawski

Erster Hirt

Die Hoffnung

Cyril Auvity

Zweiter Hirt

Erster Geist

Bariton

Francisco Fernández-Rueda

Dritter Hirt

Zweiter Geist

Peter Harvey

Nuria Rial

Die Nymphe

Proserpina

Luciana Mancini

Die Botin

Bass

Antonio Abete

Karonte

Dritter Geist

Baccante

Pluto

L'Orfeo -  (Orpheus)

Vicenza

Italien

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

Orpheus

Genehmigt

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