Monteverdi's Opera 'L’Orfeo': Ivan Fischer, Emőke Baráth, Valerio Contaldo
Over het evenement
The piece is often called La favola d'Orfeo (The Tale of Orpheus) because this is the original title under which the audience of Mantua first encountered the masterpiece at its 1607 premiere. Its ending, too, was different than the finale widely known today. The original libretto had the opera ending not with the descent of benevolent Apollo, and Orpheus’s transport to the heavens, but with a wild bacchanalia and the killing of the titular hero. We will be staging this original version, with Iván Fischer’s reconstruction of the missing musical part.
The creators of last year’s successful performance of Falstaff will be responsible for this production as well after Budapest, audiences will have the opportunity to see it in Vicenza and Geneva. Soloists will include singers from the world over, with the Hungarian Emőke Baráth and the Italian Valerio Contaldo featured in the main roles. The dancers are working with choreographer Sigrid T’Hooft, one of the foremost experts of Baroque steps, who has supported the orchestra’s performances of early music for years.
Giet / Productie
Emőke Baráth (Euridice, La Musica)
Valerio Contaldo (Orfeo)
Michal Czerniawski (Pastore, Speranza)
Cyril Auvity (Pastore, Spirito)
Francisco Fernández‐Rueda (Pastore, Spirito)
Peter Harvey (Pastore, Plutone)
Núria Rial (Ninfa, Proserpina, Baccante)
Antonio Abete (Caronte, Spirito)
Luciana Mancini (La Messagiera, Baccante)
Costumes: Anna Biagiotti
Choreography: Sigrid T’Hooft
Director: Iván Fischer
Conductor: Iván Fischer
