L'Orfeo

Author(s)

• Monteverdi, Claudio
• Striggio, Alessandro
• Ainsley, John Mark
• Lascarro, Juanita
• Balleys, Brigitte
• Smythe, Russell
• Cordier, David
• Chance, Michael
• Luperi, Mario
• Fink, Bernarda
• Robinson, Dean
• Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul
• Nasrawi, Douglas
• Le Blanc, Suzie
• Tragicomedia (Musical group)
• Concerto Palatino (Musical group)
• Stubbs, Stephen
• Audi, Pierre
• Simon, Michael
• Jara, Jorge
• Kalman, Jean

Bibliographic Information

L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi

Opus Arte, c2005

Videorecording（Videodisc）

Other Title

L'Orfeo : favola in musica

Note

Opera in five acts

Sung in Italian with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch subtitles

Added title from pamphlet

Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Casts: John Mark Ainsley (Orfeo), Juanita Lascarro (Euridice), Brigitte Balleys (La messagiera), Russell Smythe (Apollo, pastore II and spirito), David Cordier (la musica), Michael Chance (la speranza), Mario Luperi (Caronte), Bernarda Fink (Proserpina), Dean Robinson (Plutone and pastore IV), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (pastore I/eco and spirito), Douglas Nasrawi (pastore III and spirito), Suzie Le Blanc (ninfa), soloists ; Tragicomedia ; Concerto Palatino ; Stephen Stubbs, conductor

Credits: Stage director, Pierre Audi ; set design, Michael Simon ; costume design, Jorge Jara ; lighting design, Jean Kalman

Recorded: Het Musiektheater Amsterdam in July 1997 (live recording)

LaserVision; LPCM stereo; DVD

Opus Arte: OA 0928 D

Details

• NCID: BA75866791
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: ita
• Text Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: 2 videodiscs (ca. 140 min.)
• Size: 4 3/4 in.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (25 p. ; 18 cm)