Monteverdi's L'Orfeo: Royal Opera at Versailles
About the Event
L'Orfeo is often celebrated as the birth of the opera as an art form. Here performed in the prestigious Royal Opera of Versailles.
Cast / Production
Favola in musica in five acts with a prologue to a libretto by Alessandro Striggio, premiered in Mantova in 1607.
Marc Mauillon Orfeo
Marie Theoleyre Euridice, Musica
Floriane Hasler Messaggiera
Marianne Beate Kielland Speranza, Proserpina
Salvo Vitale Plutone, Caronte
Victor Sicard Apollo
NN Pastore I, Spirito II
Arnaud Gluck Pastore II, Spirito IV
NN Pastore III, Spirito I, Eco
Nicolas Certenais Pastore IV, Spirito III
Isaure Brunner Ninfa
Yannick Bosc, Loïc Faquet et Xavier Perez Dancers
Royal Opera Chorus
The Concert of Nations
Jordi Savall Conductor
Pauline Bayle Director
Emmanuel Clolus Stage sets
Bernadette Villard Costumes
Pascal Noël Lights
Performance in Italian with French and English surtitles.
