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Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.
Keywords
opera
opera live performance
opera baroque
Casts
Philippe Huttenlocher
Orfeo
Dietlinde Turban
Euridice
Rachel Yakar
Euridice (singing voice)
Trudeliese Schmidt
La Musica / Speranza
Roland Hermann
Apollo
Glenys Linos
Messaggera / Proserpina
Werner Gröschel
Plutone
Hans Franzen
Caronte
Suzanne Calabro
Ninfa
Peter Keller
Pastor 1
Francisco Araiza
Pastor 2 / Spirito 1
Rudolf Hartmann
Pastor 3 / Spirito 2
Christian Boesch
Pastor 4
József Dene
Pastor 5 / Spirito 3
Crews
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Director
Claudio Monteverdi
Original Music Composer
Alessandro Striggio
Writer
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set Designer
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Stage Director
Wolfgang Treu
Director of Photography
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor
Pet Halmen
Costume Design
Backdrops & Posters
