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Monteverdi - L'Orfeo

Royal Danish Opera's sparklingly vivid production of Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo, with Concerto Copenhagen, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

Tonight's Opera on 3 is a work crucial to the development of opera as we know it today - Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, the opera tells of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. Monteverdi brings the story to live with new techniques - harmonic twists and structural devices that bind the narrative together. Danish conductor and baroque expert Lars Ulrik Mortensen teams up with Concerto Copenhagen for Royal Danish Opera's sparklingly vivid interpretation of Monteverdi’s unique and immortal music.

Martin Handley presents, with contributions from Dr Flora Willson, music lecturer at King's College London.

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - L'Orfeo, favola in musica in five acts, SV 318
Orfeo ..... Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Euridice ..... Sofie Lund-Tonnesen (soprano)
La Musica/Speranza ..... Ellen Larsson (soprano)
Ninfa/Proserpina ...... Philippa Cold (soprano)
Messagiera ..... Mia Bergström (mezzo-soprano)
Pastore ..... Thomas Lichtenecker (countertenor)
Pastore/Eco ..... Gerald Geerink (tenor)
Apollo ..... Mark Milhofer (tenor)
Caronte ..... Kyungil Ko (bass)
Plutone ..... Nicolai Elsberg (bass)
Spirito ..... Joel Kyhle (bass)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Orfeo Prologue, Acts I, II and III

    Singer: Marc Mauillon. Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Orfeo Acts IV and V

    Singer: Marc Mauillon. Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C minor, K 427

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Singer: Diana Montague. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Cornelius Hauptmann. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
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Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Jul 2020 18:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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