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"Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo..." -- BBC Music Magazine
Claudio Monteverdi
L’ORFEO
Orfeo – John Mark Ainsley
Euridice – Juanita Lascarro
La Messagiera – Brigitte Balleys
Apollo / Pastore II – Russell Smythe
La Musica – David Cordier
La Speranza – Michael Chance
Caronte – Mario Luperi
Proserpina – Bernarda Fink
Plutone / Pastore IV – Dean Robinson
Pastore I / Eco – Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Pastore III – Douglas Nasrawi
Ninfa – Suzie LeBlanc
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Concerto Palatino
Stephen Stubbs, conductor
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Pierre Audi, stage director
Michael Simon, set designer
Jorge Jara, costume designer
Jean Kalman, lighting designer
Recorded live at Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, July 1997
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch
Running time: 140 mins
No. of DVDs: 2
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Works on This Recording
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L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Michael Chance (Countertenor),
John Mark Ainsley (Tenor),
Brigitte Balleys (Mezzo Soprano),
David Cordier (Countertenor),
Mario Luperi (Bass),
Russel Smythe (Baritone)
Conductor:
Stephen Stubbs
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino,
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Period: Baroque
Written: 1607; Mantua, Italy
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