Monteverdi's L’Orfeo makes its Wiener Staatsoper debut

Georg Nigl (Orfeo) and ensemble

Slávka Zámečníková (Euridice) and Georg Nigl (Orfeo)

L'Orfeo

Slávka Zámečníková (Euridice)

Andrea Mastoni (Plutone) and Christina Bock (Proserpina)

Kate Lindsey (La musica)

By Chanda VanderHart, 14 June 2022

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“Kate Lindsey, who is not only a dream vocally, but possesses stage presence to burn”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 13 June 2022

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318

Vienna State Opera

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Tom Morris, Director

Anna Fleischle, Set Designer, Costume Designer

James Farncombe, Lighting Designer

Concentus Musicus Wien

Nina Dunn, Video design

Slávka Zámečníková, Euridice

Christina Bock, Proserpina, La messaggiera

Kate Lindsey, La speranza, La musica, Eco

Georg Nigl, Orfeo

Andrea Mastroni, Plutone

Iurii Iushkevich, Pastore 1

Antigoni Chalkia, Ninfa

Aaron McInnis, Pastore 3

Hiroshi Amako, Apollo

Narumi Hashioka, Pastore 2

Wolfgang Bankl, Caronte

Jane Gibson, Choreography

Callum Hastie, Choreography

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

L’Orfeo makes its Wiener Staatsoper debut in Tom Morris' aesthetically rich staging