Name: L'Orfeo
Start: 2017-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro La Fenice

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Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Costume designer

Patricia Hofstede

Lighting designer

Rick Fisher

Soprano

Hana Blažíková

Music

Euridice

Francesca Boncompagni

Proserpina

Bass

Gianluca Buratto

Caronte

Pluto

Tenor

Baritone

Furio Zanasi

Apollo

Elsa Rooke

Orchestra

English Baroque Soloists

Krystian Adam

Orfeo

Mezzo-soprano

Lucile Richardot

The messenger

Countertenor

Kangmin Justin Kim

Hope

Singer

Francisco Fernández-Rueda

Fifth shepherd

Tenor (+1)

Gareth Treseder

Second shepherd

First spirit

Echo

Baritone (+1)

John Taylor Ward

Fourth shepherd

Third spirit

Michał Czerniawski

Third shepherd

Zachary Wilder

Second spirit

Anna Dennis

The nymph

Teatro La Fenice

L'Orfeo -  (Orfeo)

Venice

Italy

John Eliot Gardiner with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloist celebrate the 450th birthday of the 17th-century genius and founding father of opera.
There is little doubt that the novelty of his works transcended the art of his ancestors, ushering in a new era in music. Always fascinated by human passions, Monteverdi devoted his life to developing techniques to translate them into music. As such, he can be directly compared to the greatest artists and scientists of the early 17th century, such as Galileo, Bacon, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Caravaggio and Rubens.
The top-class ensemble consists of internationally recognized soloists as well as members of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists. The three great Monteverdi operas will be performed under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner and staged in semi-concert by Elsa Rooke. The orchestra, which uses historical instruments from Monteverdi's time, plays a central role as it is placed on the stage and integrated into the action.
The highlight of this international tour, which runs from April to October 2017, are performances at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, as well as at the Salzburg Festival, the Berlin Festival and the Lucerne Festival.

Contents:
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.

L'Orfeo Monteverdi

Opera

Approved

eatro La Fenice - Stagione 2016/ 2017

Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo
in occasione dei 450 anni dalla nascita di Claudio Monteverdi

Orfeo by Monteverdi, Mon 19 Jun 2017, From (2017/2017), Directed by John Eliot Gardiner, Elsa Rooke, Conductor John Eliot Gardiner, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy

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