FULL L’ORFEO (Monteverdi) Bayreuth 2023 Rolando Villazon
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: L'Orfeo
- Composer: Monteverdi Claudio, Panos Iliopoulos
- Libretto: Alessandro Striggio the Younger Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth
- Recorded: September 12, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Rolando Villazon, Theodora Baka, Yannis Filias, Irini Bilini, Myrsini Margariti, Sophia Patsi, Lenia Safiropoulou, Marios Sarantidis, Maria Palaska, Timos Sirlantzis, Savina Yannatou
- Conductor: Markellos Chryssicos
- Orchestra: Latinitas Nostra
- Choreographer: Nadi Gogoulou
- Stage Director: Thanos Papakonstantinou
- Stage Designer: Niki Psychogiou
- Costume Designer: Niki Psychogiou
- Lighting Designer: Christina Thanasoula
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Stage+
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs
- Video Recording from: BR Klassik FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Claudio Monteverdi’s masterful Favola in musica L’Orfeo from 1607 stands at the beginning of opera history and tells of the fate of the mythical forefather of music. Orpheus’ singing ability not only enchants people and animals, but also softens the spirits and gods of the underworld when he makes the daring attempt to rescue his deceased lover Eurydice from the clutches of death. Monteverdi’s music depicts the joys and sufferings of human emotions with great emotional power. The work offers a wide spectrum of expression, ranging from the cheerful pastoral songs of the shepherds to the noble songs of the evocative personifications to Orpheus’ painful laments about the loss he has suffered.
The second staged production of this year’s Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival brings together an exquisite ensemble of soloists around star tenor Rolando Villazón in the title role. The all-round musician Panos Iliopoulos has sensitively enriched Monteverdi’s expressive music with new sounds, arrangements and live electronics, without affecting the mastery of the original score. Under the musical direction of Markellos Chryssicos and directed by Thanos Papakonstantinou, we experience a dense and captivating opera evening that fills the old myth and early history of opera with new