L'Orfeo : favola in musica / musique de Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto di Alessandro Striggio ; la RTBF présente, en collaboration avec France 3, VRT et RTV Slovène, une coproduction La Monnaie KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, une coproduction Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Trisha Brown Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Author
Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 [Browse]
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
Arles : Harmonia Mundi France, ©2006.
Description
2 videodiscs (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels in May 1998, this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo has become an operatic classic in a few short years. This is doubtless because it offers a total symbiosis of music, text and movement - described by the critic of the Daily Telegraph of London as being as close to the perfect dance opera as I have ever seen.
    Notes
    • Harmonia Mundi France: HMD 9909003--HMD 9909004.
    • Program notes and synopsis in French, English and German in container.
    • Includes documentary (disc 2): Le dernier chant d'Orphée (55 min.; in English and French, with French, English and German subtitles).
    Creation/​Production credits
    Production and choreography, Trisha Brown; sets and costumes, Roland Aeschlimann; lighting, Roland Aeschlimann, Gerd Meier; directed by Pierre Barré.
    Time and place of event
    Recorded May 21, 1998. Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.
    System details
    DVD; soundtracks in DTS 5.0 (opera only), PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Simon Keenlyside (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice, La Musica, Eco) ; Graciela Oddone (La Messaggiera) ; Martina Dike (Proserpina) ; Stephen Wallace (La Speranza, Pastore) ; Tomas Tómasson (Plutone) ; Paul Gérimon (Caronte, Pastore) ; Mauro Utzeri (Apollo) ; Anne Cambier (Ninfa) ; supporting soloists ; Trisha Brown Company ; Collegium Vocale Gent ; Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs, conductor.
    Language note
    Sung in Italian, with subtitles in French, English, German and Dutch.
    Contents
    • DVD 1
    • L'opera, The complete opera (ca. 115 min.)
    • DVD 2
    • Documentaire, The making of: Le dernier chant d'Orphée (ca. 55 min.).
    Other title(s)
    Dernier chant d'Orphée.
    Publisher no.
    HMD 9909003.04
    OCLC
    86070133
    Universal Product Code
    • 794881818792
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