MONTEVERDI, C.: Orfeo (L') (La Scala, 2009)
L'Orfeo
Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio
Librettist/Text Author: Striggio, Alessandro
Libretto Source: Ovid
Conductor: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Orchestra: Milan La Scala Orchestra
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano
Apollo: Zanasi, Furio
Caronte: Donato, Luigi De
Eco: Invernizzi, Roberta
Euridice: Invernizzi, Roberta
La Musica: Invernizzi, Roberta
Messaggera: Mingardo, Sara
Orfeo: Nigl, Georg
Plutone: Parodi, Giovanni Battista
Proserpina: Milanesi, Raffaella
Speranza: Mingardo, Sara
Set Designer: Wilson, Robert
Costume Designer: Reynaud, Jacques
Lighting Designer: Weissbard, A.J.
Stage Director: Wilson, Robert
Television Director: Garofalo, Emanuele
Date of Production: 23-09-2009
Venue: Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Playing Time: 01:56:04
Catalogue Number: OA1044D
Libretto
L'Orfeo EN
L'Orfeo IT
Synopsis
L'Orfeo
Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved wife Euridice (Roberta Invernizzi), who has died from a snake bite. In a new production for La Scala, based on a painting by Titian and directed by Robert Wilson, the opera receives a powerful and inspiring performance from a fine cast, the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and Concerto Italiano under the much-admired Italian early music specialist, Rinaldo Alessandrini.
