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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.

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