Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out. By Joshua Barone Joshua Barone attended “Orfeo” (twice), ...

On June 29th and 30th, Killer Queen Opera Co. will be producing its next fully-staged production: Claudio Monteverdi's La Favola d'Orfeo. Killer Queen Opera's production of L'Orfeo follows Orpheus ...

Over many centuries, the myth of Orpheus’ descent into Hades to retrieve his beloved bride, Eurydice, has inspired the works of such immortal composers as Gluck, Haydn, Liszt, Berlioz, Stravinsky and ...

Franz Joseph Haydn was busily conducting the first rehearsal of his opera, Orfeo ed Euridice, when into the new King’s Theater walked the royal bailiffs with an order prohibiting the performance. King ...

With its slightly naff bucolic glitz, and (unplayed) drum kits and electric guitars, the opening look for Longborough’s take on Monteverdi’s revolutionary “favola in musica” of 1607 may irritate as ...

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After an inaugural season of sellout performances and critical acclaim, Marigny Opera Ballet has announced the lineup for its second season. The newly formed resident dance company, whose home base is ...

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This summer, the Santa Fe Opera presented Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” with a new orchestration by Nico Muhly. “Orfeo” (1607), one of the earliest operas, is typically performed with period instruments; Mr.

Right from the outset, indeed, beginning with the overture, this new production of Orfeo ed Euridice, staged by Matthew Ozawa and choreographed by Rena Butler, strikes boldly at the heart of this ...

Let’s start with the placement of the Irish Baroque Orchestra, so phenomenal under conductor Peter Whelan playing for the Irish National Opera in Vivaldi's Bajazet (the team deservedly won an Olivier ...