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Monteverdi’s Orfeo as an enchanting marionette show at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Renato Dolcini and “Orfeo”
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“Monteverdi” and Gianluca Capuano
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“Monteverdi”
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Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli's "L'Orfeo*
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“marionettes really came alive... delicate gestures and movements perfectly attuned with the singing”
Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 28 May 2023
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318 (marionette theatre)
Gianluca Capuano, Conductor
Giovanni Schiavolin, Director
Franco Citterio, Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Director
Cecilia Di Marco, Costume Designer
Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco
Il Canto di Orfeo
Maria Grazia Citterio, Costume Designer
Renato Dolcini, Orfeo
Carlotta Colombo, Euridice, La musica
Sara Mingardo, La speranza, La messaggiera
Elena Carzaniga, Proserpina
Marco Saccardin, Plutone, Eco
Sergio Vitale, Caronte
Francesca Cassinari, Ninfa
Massimo Altieri, Apollo, Pastore 1, Spirito 1
Massimo Lombardi, Pastore 2, Spirito 2
Jacopo Facchini, Pastore 3
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