L'Orfeo : favola in musica / componist, Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto, Alessandro Striggio ; regie, Pierre Audi ; regie, Hans Hulscher ; een co-productie van De Nederlandse Opera en de NPS.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, [2005]
Description
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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      Details

      Subject(s)
      Performer
      Librettist
      Director
      Singer
      Conductor
      Designer
      Costume designer
      Film editor
      Library of Congress genre(s)
      Getty AAT genre
      Series
      Monteverdi cycle. [More in this series]
      Contains
      Summary note
      Opera based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, a musician who attempts to rescue his dead lover Eurydice from Hades, the underworld.
      Notes
      Program notes in English, French and German in container.
      Creation/​Production credits
      Set design, Michael Simon ; costume design, Jorge Jara ; lighting design, Jean Kalman ; camera, Peter Lataster [and others] ; DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme.
      Time and place of event
      Recorded in performance July 1997, Muziektheater Amsterdam.
      System details
      DVD-9; NTSC, all regions; anamorphic widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation; DTS 5.1, LPCM Stereo sound.
      Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
      John Mark Ainsley (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice) ; Brigitte Balleys (La messagiera) ; Russell Smythe (Apollo) ; David Cordier (La Musica) ; Michael Chance (La Speranza) ; Bernarda Fink (Proserpina) ; Dean Robinson (Plutone) ; Mario Luperi (Caronte) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Suzie Le Blanc ; Tragicomedia ; Concerto Palatino ; Vocaal Ensemble ; Stephen Stubbs, conductor.
      Language note
      Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
      Contents
      • Disc 1. Illustrated synopsis ; Cast gallery ; Introduction ; Acts 1 & 2
      • Disc 2. Acts 3, 4, & 5.
      Publisher no.
      • OA 0929 D
      • 0972B D
      OCLC
      63183658
      Universal Product Code
      • 809478009290
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