Monteverdi meets India: Orpheus at Opera North

The Orpheus company

Chiranjeeb Chakraborty, Vijay Rajput, Céline Saout on swarmandal, Nicholas Watts as Orpheus

Dean Robinson (Pluto), Chandra Chakraborty (Proserpina)

Nicholas Watts (Orpheus), Sanchita Pal (Nymph)

By David Karlin, 15 October 2022

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“a thrilling celebration of renaissance opera and Indian classical music”

Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 14 October 2022

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318 (reimagined with South Asian and western artists)

Opera North

Laurence Cummings, Conductor

Anna Himali Howard, Director

Leslie Travers, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jackie Shemesh, Lighting Designer

Nicholas Watts, Orfeo

Ashnaa Sasikaran, Euridice

Chandra Chakraborty, Proserpina

Yarlinie Thanabalasingam, La speranza

Dean Robinson, Plutone

Kezia Bienek, La messaggiera

Amy Freston, La musica

Xavier Hetherington, Pastore 1

Kirpal Singh Panesar, Apollo

Kaviraj Singh, Caronte

Jasdeep Singh Degun, Sitar, Musical director

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.