Event listing: Orpheus | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | Event is in the past

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Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe London, Greater London, United Kingdom

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Programme

Orfeo (Sung in English)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Christian Curnyn	Conductor
Keith Warner	Director
Nicky Shaw	Set Designer
Early Opera Company Orchestra
Caitlin Hulcup	Mezzo-soprano	Aristeo
Louise Alder	Soprano	Euridice
Mary Bevan	Soprano	Orfeo/La Vittoria	2015 Nov 04, 06, 08 mat, 09, 12, 15
Siobhan Stagg	Soprano	Orfeo/La Vittoria	2015 Oct 23, 24, 27, 28 mat, 30 mat, Nov 01
Sky Ingram	Soprano	Venere
Verena Gunz	Mezzo-soprano	Nutrice
Mark Milhofer	Tenor	Una vecchia, Giove, Momo
Philip Smith	Baritone	Caronte, Endimione
Jennifer Davis	Soprano	Euphrosyne
Lauren Fagan	Soprano	Thalia
Emily Edmonds	Mezzo-soprano	Aeglea

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The cradle of French Grand Opera: Rossi's Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker

David Karlin, 23rd October

A somewhat overly manic production of Luigi Rossi's version of the Orpheus tale, originally written for the French court in 1647, is lit up by some great singing and a show-stealing comic performance by Graeme Broadbent.

***11