MONTEVERDI L'Orfeo (2/12)

MONTEVERDI LOrfeo (1978)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, direction
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, direction
Philippe Huttenlocher (Orfeo)
Dietlinde Turban (Euridice)
Trudeliese Schmidt (Music, Hope)
Roland Hermann (Apollo)
Glenys Linos (Messenger, Proserpina)
Werner Gröschel (Plutone)
Hans Franzen (Caronte)
Peter Keller (First Shepherd)
Francisco Araiza (Second Shepherd, First Spirit)
Ballet de l'Opéra de Zürich
Choeur de l'Opéra de Zürich
Das Monteverdi ensemble
Pet Halmen, costumes

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Claudio
• Monteverdi
• orfeo
• harnoncourt
• MONTEVERDI
• LOrfeo
• (3/12)

[McKenaMars]

I wish I knew their language >.<

[Wiegieboard]

5:10 is freaking me THE FUCK OUT!

[composer369]

@KokopelliMU Yes---from the "Well Tempered Synthesizer" of 1969.

[disneylandman66]

@oren011 Ponnelle's productions were always heavy on frippery and ornament. I wouldn't call them garish myself, but I have always found the excessive costuming and florid decor distracting. Especially in early music like Monteverdi, which is, in its way, so simple, and oddly modern.

[KokopelliMU]

the music is wonderful. I'v actually heard 0:00 to 1:39 done by wendy carlose.

[rigaze0206]

i would love to understand what they say

[Hipno33]

@tonecrafter55 Not the first opera! if im not mistaken the first opera is from Jacopo Peri! But L'Orfeo is a masterpiece and Monteverdi took the opera to another range

[tonecrafter55]

Sheer magic. Astounding it took me so long to hear this, the first opera, from 400 years ago! Monteverdi casts an even longer shadow than I'd thought.

[walkcordatus]

Thank you, much appreciated! 

[alfcassano]

I like the film direction instead. It's like being between a movie and in teather at the same time. It's a simple and spontaneous, exactly like the music (not at the same level though :D)