At The Opera, Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, January 16, 2016
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L'Orfeo is a late Renaissance/early Baroque opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While the honour of the first ever opera goes to Jacopo Peri's Dafne, and the earliest surviving opera is Euridice (also by Peri), L'Orfeo has the honour of being the earliest surviving opera that is still regularly performed today.
Orfeo – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Euridice – Julianne Baird
La Musica – Lynne Dawson
Messaggiera – Anne Sofie von Otter
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner - Concductor
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:08 p.m.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo
; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:22 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:27 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:30 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:33 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:37 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:40 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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10:50 p.m.
Tebaldi
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; Von Karajan, conductor
10:54 p.m.
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Ewa Podles
10:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
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Ewa Podles
11:09 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
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Ewa Podles
11:22 p.m.
Mario del Monaco
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11:25 p.m.
Ten Top Baritones & Basses
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Der fliegende Hollander: Die Frist ist um - George London
11:38 p.m.
Ten Top Baritones & Basses
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11:43 p.m.
Birgit Nilsson
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11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
