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Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved wife Euridice (Roberta Invernizzi), who has died from a snake bite. In a new production for La Scala, based on a painting by T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Concerto italiano (Musical group) (Instrumentalist, Performer), Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra (Performer, instrumentalist. .)
Other Authors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo (Conductor), De Donato, Luigi, 1975- (Singer, Performer), Invernizzi, Roberta (Singer, Performer), Mingardo, Sara (Singer, Performer), Nigl, Georg (Singer, Performer), Parodi, Giovanni Battista, 1976- (Singer, Performer), Striggio, Alessandro (Librettist), Wilson, Robert, 1941- (Director), Zanasi, Furio (Singer, Performer)
Format: Video
Language:Italian
Language Notes:This is sung in Italian.
Published: [Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex] : Opus Arte, 2011.
Series:Classical music in video
Subjects:
Operas.
Streaming videos.
Feature films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Spectacles filmés.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved wife Euridice (Roberta Invernizzi), who has died from a snake bite. In a new production for La Scala, based on a painting by Titian and directed by Robert Wilson, the opera receives a powerful and inspiring performance from a fine cast, the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and Concerto Italiano under the much-admired Italian early music specialist, Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Item Description:This edition of the music is a critical one by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (112 min.)
Playing Time:01:51:47