L'Orfeo : favola pastorale in un prologo e cinque atti /

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 T...

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Main Author: Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Concerto italiano (Musical group) (Instrumentalist, Performer), Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra (Performer, instrumentalist. .)
Other Authors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo (Conductor), De Donato, Luigi, 1975- (Singer, Performer), Invernizzi, Roberta (Singer, Performer), Mingardo, Sara (Singer, Performer), Nigl, Georg (Singer, Performer), Parodi, Giovanni Battista, 1976- (Singer, Performer), Striggio, Alessandro (Librettist), Wilson, Robert, 1941- (Director), Zanasi, Furio (Singer, Performer)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:Italian
Published: [Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex] : Opus Arte, 2011
Series:Classical music in video
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