Opera Matinee: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon conducts Monteverdi's seminal drama of love and death, L'Orfeo, recognised as the first great opera, in a recorded performance from the Ambronay Festival.
The earliest complete opera that survives to our day, based on an ancient Greek fable. This Baroque jewel is conducted by Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n at the helm of a starry young cast & ensemble, with Valerio Contaldo in the title role as the hapless Thracian who fails to bring his dead lover Euridice, the unmistakable voice of soprano Mariana Flores, back from the Underworld, only to be rescued at the end by the gods.
After the opera we return to this week's focus on the endlessly versatile 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra in music by Jean-Michel Damase & Ina Boyle.
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Orfeo (Orpheus) ..... Valerio Contaldo (tenor)
Euridice (Eurydice) & La Musica (Music) ..... Mariana Flores (soprano)
Messaggiera (Messenger) ..... Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano)
Speranza (Hope) / Proserpina (Proserpine) ..... Anna Reinhold (mezzo-soprano)
Ninfa (Nymph) ..... Estelle Lefort (soprano)
Plutone (Pluto) ..... Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Caronte (Charon) ..... Salvo Vitale (bass)
Spirito (Spirit) & Eco (Echo) ..... Nicholas Scott (tenor)
Pastore (A Shepherd) ..... Leandro Marziotte (countertenor)
Pastore (A Shepherd) ..... Matteo Bellotto (bass)
Pastore (A Shepherd) ..... Philippe Favette (bass)
Pastore (A Shepherd) & Apollo ..... Alessandro Giangrande (tenor)
Namur Chamber Choir
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n (conductor
c.3.55pm
Jean-Michel Damase: S茅r茅nade for Flute and String Orchestra
Ransom Wilson, flute
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Perry So, conductor
c.4.15pm
Ina Boyle: Concerto for violin & orchestra
A Sea Poem: Theme, variations & finale for orchestra
Benjamin Baker, violin
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo Acts I & II
Singer: Valerio Contaldo. Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Giuseppina Bridelli. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. -
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo Acts III & IV
Singer: Valerio Contaldo. Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Giuseppina Bridelli. Orchestra: Capella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n. -
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Jean鈥怣ichel Damase
Serenade Op.36 for flute and string orchestra
Performer: Ransom Wilson. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Perry So. -
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Ina Boyle
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Performer: Benjamin Baker. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Ina Boyle - Overture - Symphony No.1 - Psalm.
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Ina Boyle
A Sea poem for orchestra
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Ina Boyle - Overture - Symphony No.1 - Psalm.
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Edward Elgar
The Marksmen (3 Bavarian Dances)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Dutton.
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- Thu 15 Nov 2018 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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