L’ORFEO

Description

L’ORFEO
Pastoral drama by Alessandro Striggio.
Music by Claudio Monteverdi.

with
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Orfeo),
Anna Maria Sarra (Euridice/La Musica),
Anna Bessi (Messaggera/Speranza),
Luigi de Donato (Caronte),
Federico Benetti (Plutone/ Pastore IV),
Gaia Petrone (Proserpina/Ninfa),
Giacomo Schiavo (Apollo / Pastore I),
Daniele Palma (Pastore II),
Maximiliano Baños (Pastore III)
Daniele Palma, Renato Cadel (Spiriti infernali)

Andrea Cigni, director
Lorenzo Cutùli, direction and custom designer
Fiammetta Baldiserri, light designer

ACCADEMIA BIZANTINA
Ottavio Dantone, conductor

CORO COSTANZO PORTA
Antonio Greco e Diego Maccagnola, choirmasters

In collaboration with:

Sunday, May 30, 11:00 am – Ponchielli Theatre, Cremona
Meet & drink with the Opera L’ORFEO
with Ottavio Dantone and Andrea Cigni

For the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi’s birth, the Monteverdi Festival opens with an elegant production of Orfeo, the first opera ever composed and an absolute masterpiece. The made in Italy project involves Accademia Bizantina, conducted by the charismatic Ottavio Dantone, the Choir Costanzo Porta and the creative team of the talented Andrea Cigni.