L'Orfeo

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Event L'Orfeo
Venue City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW
First Date 1 December 2004
Opening Date 1 December 2004
Last Date 6 December 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description An Opera in a prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi.
Libretto by Alessandro Striggio.

Based mainly on the Orpheus myth as told on Ovid's Metamorphoses, though drawing also on the accoung in Virgil's Georgics.

First performed in the Gonvaga ducal palace, Mantua on 24 February 1607.

A new production. In Italian with English subtitles.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Claudio Monteverdi Composer
Antony Walker Conductor
Mark Gaal Designer
Alice Lau Designer
Mark Gaal Director
Bernie Tan Lighting Designer
Anna Fraser Singer
Sara Macliver Singer
Paul McMahon Singer
Penelope Mills Singer
Josie Ryan Singer
Mark Tucker Singer
Damian Whiteley Singer
Resources
Text Nationality Italy
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Flyer UNSW Collection
Newspaper SMH Metro November 26 - December 2, 2004
Web
Event Identifier 65347