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| Composer | Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) |
| Period | Early |
| Year | 1607 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BradfordOrpheusNew production
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Jasdeep Singh Degun; Opera North; Ashok Gupta; Unknown
LiverpoolOrpheusNew production
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Jasdeep Singh Degun; Opera North; Ashok Gupta; Unknown
LeicesterOrpheusNew production
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Jasdeep Singh Degun; Opera North; Ashok Gupta; Unknown
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Dionysian and Apollonian: René Jacobs conducts L'Orfeo in Berlin
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In a concert performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, conductor René Jacobs gives his own – thrilling – take on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.
Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo
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Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast.
Monteverdi’s Orfeo as an enchanting marionette show in Salzburg
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Gianluca Capuano leads Les Musiciens du Prince, Il Canto di Orfeo and a superb cast of Italian early music specialists in a wonderful rendition of Monteverdi’s masterpiece.
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NurembergL'Orfeo
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Joana Mallwitz; Jens-Daniel Herzog; Staatstheater Nürnberg; Mathis Neidhardt; Kai Luczak; Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
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Mark and Elisabeth descend to Hell to find the right soundtrack for Dante Week and to mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi
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Read our wide-ranging interview about Monteverdi's operas, their cultural context, performing them today and why they remain as contemporary and fresh as when they were written four centuries ago.