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Prom 25: Monteverdi – Orfeo

Part of the Proms 2015 Series

Add to my Calendar 04-08-2015 19:30 04-08-2015 21:30 36 Prom 25: Monteverdi – Orfeo Monteverdi’s Orfeo is the first great opera - the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists - transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi’s loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Claudio Monteverdi – L'Orfeo, SV 318

Performers

Krystian Adam – tenor
 Francesca Aspromonte – soprano
 Francesca Boncompagni – soprano
 Gianluca Buratto – Bass
 Mariana Flores – soprano
 Silvia Frigato – soprano
 Nicholas Mulroy – tenor
 David Shipley – Bass
 Andrew Tortise – tenor
 Gareth Treseder – tenor
 John Eliot Gardiner – Conductor

Monteverdi Choir
 English Baroque Soloists

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Programme Note

Monteverdi’s Orfeo is the first great opera - the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists - transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi’s loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life.

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