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

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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
Subjects:
Operas.
Filmed performances.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:This edition of the music is a critical one by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (112 min.)
Playing Time:01:51:47
Participant or Performer:Georg Nigl, Orfeo ; Roberta Invernizzi, Euridice ; Sara Mingardo, Messaggera ; Sara Mingardo, Speranza ; Luigi De Donato, Caronte ; Raffaella Milanesi, Proserpina ; Giovanni Battista Parodi, Plutone ; Roberta Invernezzi, Eco ; Furio Zanasi, Apollo ; Nicola Strada, Solo Dancer ; Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala ; Concerto Italiano, Basso continuo ; Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor ; Robert Wilson, Director.
Language:This is sung in Italian.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live at La Teatro alla Scala 21st & 23rd December 2009.

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