L'Orfeo

L'Orfeo

102 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 1978

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.

L'Orfeo

102 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 1978

L'Orfeo
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.
Producers Unitel
Original title L'Orfeo
Directors Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Writers Alessandro Striggio

Cast

Dietlinde Turban

as Euridice

Rachel Yakar

as Euridice (singing voice)

Trudeliese Schmidt

as La Musica / Speranza

Roland Hermann

as Apollo

Glenys Linos

as Messaggera / Proserpina

Werner Gröschel

as Plutone

Hans Franzen

as Caronte

Suzanne Calabro

as Ninfa

Peter Keller

as Pastor 1

Francisco Araiza

as Pastor 2 / Spirito 1

Rudolf Hartmann

as Pastor 3 / Spirito 2

Christian Boesch

as Pastor 4

József Dene

as Pastor 5 / Spirito 3