Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 104 min | 3,80 Gb (DVD5)
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Sub: Italiano, Francais, English, Deutsch | Recorded: 2017
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 104 min | 3,80 Gb (DVD5)
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Sub: Italiano, Francais, English, Deutsch | Recorded: 2017
Following on logically from his complete cycle of Monteverdi madrigals, Paul Agnew – here both conductor and stage director – presents his intimate and ‘sacred’ version of the composer’s first opera (and the first great opera in musical history). In a fine collective spirit, the singers and instrumentalists of Les Arts Florissants participate in the drama on equal terms, mingling in a single set that gives increased prominence to the (masterly) lighting and to the protagonists (overwhelmingly moving in their restrained movements and expressions): we are transported to the very heart of Monteverdi’s masterpiece, as if we had fallen into a painting by Nicolas Poussin, caught up in the mystical adventure of two lovers more mythical than ever.
Performer:
Orfeo - Cyril Auvity
Euridice/La Musica - Hannah Morrison
Apollo, Eco - Paul Agnew
Proserpina/Ninfa - Miriam Allan
Messaggiera/Speranza - Lea Desandre
Spirito infernale/Pastore - Carlo Vistoli
Sean Clayton (Pastore)
Spirito infernale/Pastore - Zachary Wilder
Pultone/Spirito infernale/Pastore - Antonio Abete
Caronte/Spirito infernale - Cyril Costanzo
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, direction musicale et mise en scène
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2017)
