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  • L'Orfeo, Favola in musica in un prologo e cinque atti (2009)
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    Video | 113 min | Drama, Musical
L'Orfeo, Favola in musica in un prologo e cinque atti (2009)
Not Rated
Video | 113 min | Drama, Musical

The Mantua Orfeo is the culmination of a long process that saw the gradual acceptance of pastoral fables, comedies, and tragedies in imitation of classical models, offering special musical elements to delight the listener. The novelty lay ...See moreThe Mantua Orfeo is the culmination of a long process that saw the gradual acceptance of pastoral fables, comedies, and tragedies in imitation of classical models, offering special musical elements to delight the listener. The novelty lay not only in the type of drama involved, but also in the manner of song, which favoured the accompanied monody. Solo voice singing, so extolled and theorized within the intense conceptual debates of Giovanni Bardi's Florentine academy, likely derives from a yearning for classicism, and for a recovery of Greek theatre - but is made contemporary through the principle of the comprehensibility of speech, which had many advocates. The "Tale of Orpheus" was written as a musical opera; the libretto by Alessandro Striggio assumes a knowledge of Rinuccini's tale. Whether openly or in more concealed fashion, Monteverdi makes use of topoi or practices in common use during his day: trumpet flourishes as signals, a narrative in dactylic rhythm, and dissonant intervals to emphasize struggle or grief. These are immediately recognizable even to a "common" public. At the same time though, he introduces complete innovations not only in the expository elements of profane song, but also in its other aspects: the exhaustive attention given to the collocation of words, the vibrant quality of the rhythmic pulse, bold dissonances, the harmonies chosen, and the wavelike melodic line. See less
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Alessandro Striggio (libretto)
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Jun 10, 2009 (Italy)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Maria Grazia Schiavo
Euridice / Proserpina / La Musica Euridice / Proserpina / La Musica   See fewer
Sonia Prina
La Messaggera La Messaggera   See fewer
Luigi De Donato
Caronte Caronte   See fewer
Antonio Abete
Plutone Plutone   See fewer
Hanna Bayodi
Ninfa (as Hanna Bayodi-Hirt) Ninfa (as Hanna Bayodi-Hirt)   See fewer
Xavier Sabata
Primo Pastore Primo Pastore   See fewer
Cyril Auvity
Secondo Pastore / Primo Spirito infernale Secondo Pastore / Primo Spirito infernale   See fewer
Jonathan Sells
Quarto Pastore - Terzo Spirito infernale Quarto Pastore - Terzo Spirito infernale   See fewer
Les Arts Florissants
Coro e Orchestra Coro e Orchestra   See fewer
Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse
Con la collaborazione di Con la collaborazione di   See fewer
William Christie
Direttore Direttore   See fewer
Sebi Alcaraz
Figuranti (as Sebi Bastida) Figuranti (as Sebi Bastida)   See fewer
Arturo Bernal
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Jean-Paul Bonnevalle
Coro - Contrtenori Coro - Contrtenori   See fewer
Geoffroy Buffière
Coro - Bassi Coro - Bassi   See fewer
Vanessa Calderón
Figuranti (as Vanesa Calderón) Figuranti (as Vanesa Calderón)   See fewer
Sergio Castelar
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Laurent Collobert
Coro - Bassi Coro - Bassi   See fewer
Sophie Decaudaveine
Coro - Soprani Coro - Soprani   See fewer
Rafa Delgado
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Nicole Dubrovitch
Coro - Soprani Coro - Soprani   See fewer
Christophe Gautier
Coro - Bassi Coro - Bassi   See fewer
Salomé Jiménez
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Rossano Maurizio
Coro - Tenori Coro - Tenori   See fewer
Manuel Mencia
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Xavi Montesinos
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Brigitte Pelote
Coro - Soprani Coro - Soprani   See fewer
Anne Pichard
Coro - Soprani Coro - Soprani   See fewer
Ludovic Provost
Coro - Bassi Coro - Bassi   See fewer
Jean-Yves Ravoux
Coro - Tenori Coro - Tenori   See fewer
Bruno Renhold
Coro - Tenori Coro - Tenori   See fewer
Daniel Román
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
Marcio Soares Holanda
Coro - Tenori Coro - Tenori   See fewer
Gregorio Such
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Jose Tirado
Corpo di ballo Corpo di ballo   See fewer
Raúl Zajdner
Figuranti Figuranti   See fewer
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