Orpheus
– Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducti..
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 march - 20 April. Sound recorded 1 - 25 December 1977.
Producing Country:
Language:
Italian
Director:
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Writer:
Alessandro Striggio (libretto)
Main Actors:
Philippe Huttenlocher, Dietlinde Turban, Rachel Yakar, Trudeliese Schmidt
Plot:
This opera tells the fable of Orpheus, a demigod with a talent for music. When his bride Eurydice dies, he decides to seek her soul in the Underworld. However, things will not be so easier than he initially thinks.
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