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Orfeo, adapted by John Conklin and Karin Coonrod (and musically arranged by Gina Leishman) from Monteverdi's opera, is constructed for three singers, one speaker and seven musicians.
Excising all the shepherds music, the piece cuts to the quick of the cosmic love-story with its lover-poet-prophet Orfeo at its center. The opera is sung in Italian with spoken texts in Latin, English and German, texts from Ovid, Virgil, Rilke and Ruhl.
World Premiere Production
Venue
Palazzo Simoncelli, Orvieto (July 2014)
Music Monteverdi
Arranged & Conducted by Gina Leishman
Cast
Stephen Salters - Orfeo
Andrea Brugnera - speaker
Francesca Bruni - soprano
Stefano Benini - tenor
Musicians
Riccardo Cambri - harpsichord
Alessandro Graziani - percussion
Dino Graziani - violin
Rita Graziani - flute
Gina Leishman - mandola
Sandro Paradisi - accordion
Sarah Roberts - cello
Creative Team
Oana Botez - costumes
Peter Ksander - costumes
Karin Coonrod - directed
Orfeo, adapted by John Conklin and Karin Coonrod (and musically arranged by Gina Leishman) from Monteverdi's opera, is constructed for three singers, one speaker and seven musicians.
Excising all the shepherds music, the piece cuts to the quick of the cosmic love-story with its lover-poet-prophet Orfeo at its center. The opera is sung in Italian with spoken texts in Latin, English and German, texts from Ovid, Virgil, Rilke and Ruhl.