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| Composer | Rossi, Luigi (1597-1653) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Year | 1647 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion in Adelaide
A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival.
The cradle of French Grand Opera: Rossi's Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker
A somewhat overly manic production of Luigi Rossi's version of the Orpheus tale, originally written for the French court in 1647, is lit up by some great singing and a show-stealing comic performance by Graeme Broadbent.
L'Orfeo de Rossi à Versailles : une magnifique redécouverte
En février 2016, l’Opéra Royal de Versailles accueillait la recréation scénique française de l'Orfeo de Rossi (1647), sous la baguette de Raphaël Pichon. Un chef-d’œuvre qu’on prend beaucoup de plaisir à découvrir !