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L'Orfeo : favola in musica
Title
L'Orfeo : favola in musica / componist, Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto, Alessandro Striggio ; regie, Pierre Audi ; regie, Hans Hulscher ; een co-productie van De Nederlandse Opera en de NPS.
Published
Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, ©2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (Streaming video files (approximately 140 min.).).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Some credits from container; series from box.
Originally produced as a Dutch television program in 1998.
Program notes by Stephen Stubbs in English, French and German (25 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Special features: illustrated synopsis; cast gallery; interviews with Stephen Stubbs, Pierre Audi and John Mark Ainsley (directed by Roeland Hazendonk).
Set design, Michael Simon ; costume design, Jorge Jara ; lighting design, Jean Kalman ; camera, Peter Lataster [and others] ; DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme.
Recorded in performance July 1997, Muziektheater Amsterdam.
Sung in Italian, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Dutch.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Opera based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, a musician who attempts to rescue his dead lover Eurydice from Hades, the underworld.
Variant and related titles
ASP-AVON. OCLC KB.
Other formats
DVD version: Orfeo. Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, ©2005
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
February 14, 2024
Series
Monteverdi cycle
Credits
Set design, Michael Simon ; costume design, Jorge Jara ; lighting design, Jean Kalman ; camera, Peter Lataster [and others] ; DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme.
Performers
John Mark Ainsley (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice) ; Brigitte Balleys (La messagiera) ; Russell Smythe (Apollo) ; David Cordier (La Musica) ; Michael Chance (La Speranza) ; Bernarda Fink (Proserpina) ; Dean Robinson (Plutone) ; Mario Luperi (Caronte) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Suzie Le Blanc ; Tragicomedia ; Concerto Palatino ; Vocaal Ensemble ; Stephen Stubbs, conductor.
Contents
Disc 1. Illustrated synopsis ; Cast gallery ; Introduction ; Acts 1 & 2
Disc 2. Acts 3, 4, & 5.
Videorecording number
OA 0929 D Opus Arte
0972B D Opus Arte (set)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Operas.
Drama.
Operas.
Also listed under
Tragicomedia (Musical group)
Concerto Palatino (Musical group)
Nederlandse Opera.
Nederlandse Programma Stichting.
Opus Arte (Firm)
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