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Ars Lyrica Houston

Tenore (+4)

Karim Sulayman

Orfeo

Soprano (+2)

Amia Langer

Music

Euridice

Mezzosoprano (+3)

Cecilia Duarte

Messaggera

Speranza

Basso-baritono (+2)

Enrico Lagasca

Caronte

Baritono (+1)

Tzvi Bat Asherah

Pluto

Regia

Coreografia (+1)

Catherine Turocy

Coreografia

Direttore musicale

Direttore d'orchestra (+3)

Matthew Dirst

Direttore di scena

Julius Sanchez

Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center For The Performing Arts

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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