1998 · 114 min · dramat · fantasy · musical

L'Orfeo, Favola in musica

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: włoski

First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels on 13 May 1998, this production of Monteverdi’s L’ORFEO seen through the eyes of Trisha Brown and René Jacobs has become an operatic classic in a few short years. This is doubtless because it offers a total symbiosis of music, text and movement – described by the critic of the Daily Telegraph of London as being ‘as close to the perfect dance opera as I have ever seen’. Or to quote Gilles Macassar in Télérama: ‘In the pit and onstage, the Brussels production has only one watchword: mobility, nimbleness, dexterity. The singers run, fly, whirl like dancers defying gravity. From the flies down to the footlights, the whole theatre is under a fantastic spell.’ For Christophe Vetter, on ConcertoNet: ‘This Orfeo can be seen again and again with immense pleasure. . .

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Pierre Barré

Główne role: René Jacobs jako Direction musicale, Simon Keenlyside jako Orfeo, Juanita Lascarro jako Eirodoce, Graciela Oddone jako Messagiera, Martina Dike jako Prosperpina, Stephen Wallace jako La Speranza

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Alessandro Striggio