Monteverdi’s Orfeo as an enchanting marionette show in Salzburg

Renato Dolcini and “Orfeo”

“Monteverdi” and Gianluca Capuano

“Monteverdi”

Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli's "L'Orfeo*

By Laura Servidei, 30 May 2023

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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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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

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