#l'orfeo

[bookshelfannex]

L'Orfeo comic, by Riyoko Ikeda. From An Introduction to Opera.

On February 24th, 1607, Claudio Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo premiered at the Ducal Palace in Mantua, Italy.

[suncaptor]

like to me Orpheus and Eurydice is about how love and the overcoming grief can move worlds of life and death, but if emotion is the basis of this love, if you cannot act in line with what's actually coming from the desired outcomes of how you love but instead react on impulse or feeling, it's a single point of failure, and you'll lose who you love forever if you cannot sense they are there.

[culturedarm]

Embarking on a fresh voyage, Sarah Davachi drones out at sea on ‘Possente Spirto’ from The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir, her latest collection for solo performers and chamber ensembles. The title of the piece alludes to the ‘Possente spirto, e formidabil nume’ of the opera L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, an aria which captures the moment when the bard Orpheus strives to convince the ferryman Charon to allow him to pass into Hades, from where he hopes to recover his wife Eurydice, who has died and gone into the underworld after being bitten by a snake.

https://culturedarm.com/sarah-davachi-the-head-as-formd-in-the-criers-choir/

[treasuresfromthearchives]

Claudio Monteverdi：L' OrfeoCOMPOSITIONWhen Monteverdi wrote the music for L’Orfeo he had a thorough grounding in theatrical music. He had be

"Jordi Savall directs Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and the leading soloists of early opera in a beautiful period production of Monteverdi's favola in musica staged at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2002. Gilbert Deflo's stage direction reflects the sublime art and imagery found in Mantua's Palazzo Ducale, with its famous Hall of Mirrors, where the opera was first performed in 1607."

Composer : Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio (1567–1643)

Works : Monteverdi - L'Orfeo

Conductors : Jordi Savall

Orfeo : Furio Zanassi

La Musica : Montserrat Figueras

Euridice : Arianna Savall

Messagiera  : Sara Mingardo

Speranza : Cecile van de Sant

Caronte : Antonio Abete

Proserpina : Adriana Fernandez

Plutone : Daniele Carnovich

Apollo : Fulvio Bettini

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Le Concert des Nations

Recorded live 31 January 2002, Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona

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[parmandil]

Arianna Vendittelli and Alicia Amo in Sartorio's L'Orfeo. Opéra de Montpellier, 2023. (Photo: Marc Ginot)

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I’m watching L’Orfeo and uhhh...🥺 I love opera

[tragic-vampire]

If you've enjoyed Hades I must implore you to listen to some of L'Orfeo. The earliest surviving opera that is still played, it is the story of Orpheus travelling to the underworld to get Eurydice.

I studied it in uni so I was really excited to see them in the game. Not used to an Orpheus woth such a high range- as you'll see if you give this clip (my favourite excerpt) a listen.