L'Orfeo : favola in musica / componist, Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto, Alessandro Striggio ; vanuit Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera ; director, Pierre Audi ; TV director, Hans Hulscher.
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
John Mark Ainsley (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice) ; Brigitte Balleys (La messagiera) ; Russell Smythe (Apollo) ; David Cordier (La Musica) ; Michael Chance (La Speranza) ; Bernarda Fink (Prosperina) ; Dean Robinson (Plutone/Pastore 4) ; Mario Luperi (Caronte) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Pastore 1/Eco/Spirit) ; Russell Smythe (Pastore 2/Spirit) ; Douglas Nasrawi (Pastore 3/Spirit) ; Suzie Le Blanc (Ninfa) ; Tragicomedia ; Concerto Palatino ; Stephen Stubbs, conductor. Recorded in performance July 1997, Muziektheater Amsterdam. Picture format: 16:9, anamorphic. Booklet with program notes in English, French and German (25 pages : col. illustrations) inserted in container.
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