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Monteverdi – L'Orfeo / Das Montverdi-Ensemble; Des Opernhauses Zurich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Staged And Directed By Jean-Pierre Ponnelle / Unitel DVD Video CD / 00440 073 4163
UPC 044007341636
NTSC DVD
Region Code: 0 (all region)
Menu Language: English
Total Time: 101 Min
L'Orfeo (SV 318) (Italian pronunciation: [lorˈfɛːo]), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo [la ˈfaːvola dorˈfɛːo], is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While Jacopo Peri's Dafne is generally recognised as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's Euridice, L'Orfeo is the earliest that is still regularly performed.
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| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Prologue | |
| 2 | Act One | |
| 3 | Act Two | |
| 4 | Act Three | |
| 5 | Act Four | |
| 6 | Act Five |
