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Ars Lyrica Houston

Tenor (+4)

Karim Sulayman

Orfeo

Soprano (+2)

Amia Langer

Music

Euridice

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Cecilia Duarte

Messaggera

Speranza

Bass-baritone (+2)

Enrico Lagasca

Caronte

Baritone (+1)

Tzvi Bat Asherah

Pluto

Stage director

Choreographer (+1)

Catherine Turocy

Choreographer

Music director

Conductor (+3)

Matthew Dirst

Stage Manager

Julius Sanchez

Zilkha Hall

There is perhaps no better operatic subject matter than Orpheus, whose exceptional singing melts the hearts of the living and the dead. Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo stands at the head of a long list, and not just because of its early date. Together with librettist Alessandro Striggio, Monteverdi created in 1607 the first great opera. Its vivid recitative, toe-tapping arias, lavish accompaniments, and potent dramatic arc breathe life into his era’s revolutionary ideas about musical expression. Ars Lyrica’s new production, a collaboration with the New York Baroque Dance Company, is directed and choreographed by its Artistic Director Catherine Turocy and conducted by ALH Artistic Director Matthew Dirst.

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