Monteverdi: L’Orfeo / Leonardo García Alarcón

The birth of opera

The story of the opera begins with an introduction by La Musica, the music itself: Claudio Monteverdi opens his version of the ancient love story of Orfeo and Eurydice, the singer whose voice could even soften death, with the prologue. Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón has the epochal work firmly in his repertoire with his Cappella Mediterranea, which specializes in early music, and says: "If life, death, love and music are the driving forces of humanity, then L'Orfeo is perhaps the opera that best embodies them."

Cast

Cappella Mediterranea

Chœur de Chambre de Namur

Valerio ContaldoOrfeo

Mariana FloresEuridice, La Musica, Proserpina

Giuseppina BridelliLa Messaggiera, La Speranza

Edward GrintPlutone

Salvo VitaleCaronte

Alessandro GiangrandePastore, Apollo

Leandro MarziottePastore

Matteo BellottoPastore

Nicholas ScottPastore, Spirito, Eco

Estelle LefortNinfa

Philippe FavetteSpirito 2

ConductorLeonardo García-Alarcón

Program

Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo / Favola in musica

Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles
The concert will take place with an intermission.

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik