Monteverdi - L’Orfeo | Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS103

Monteverdi - L’Orfeo

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Label: Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

Cat No: CVS103

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 21st June 2024

Contents

Artists

Julian Pregardien
Gwendoline Blondeel
Marie Perbost
Eva Zaicik
Cyril Auvity
Luc Bertin-Hugault
Luigi De Donato
Vlad Crosman
Paul Figuier
Les Epopees

Conductor

Stephane Fuget

Works

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'Orfeo

Artists

Julian Pregardien
Gwendoline Blondeel
Marie Perbost
Eva Zaicik
Cyril Auvity
Luc Bertin-Hugault
Luigi De Donato
Vlad Crosman
Paul Figuier
Les Epopees

Conductor

Stephane Fuget

About

In 1607, Claudio Monteverdi premiered his Orfeo for the Carnival opening in the Court theatre of Duke Vincenzo I of Gonzaga in Mantua. For the first time in the history of music, real characters are brought to life with deeply moving human feelings: with this exceptional dramatic power, modern opera in born. Stéphane Fuget, a great specialist in this repertoire and its historical instrumentation, after Le Retour d’Ulysse dans sa Patrie, has brought together some of the finest vocal and instrumental virtuosos for this new Orfeo: he has entrusted the eponymous role to the splendid and sensitive Julian Prégardien, to sing all the magnificence of the first true hero in the history of opera.

Cast:
- Orfeo: Julian Prégardien
- Musica, Euridice: Gwendoline Blondeel
- Ninfa, Proserpina: Marie Perbost
- Messagiera, Speranza: Eva Zaïcik
- Apollo, Eco, Pastore, Spirito:  Cyril Auvity
- Plutone, Pastore, Spirito: Luc Bertin-Hugault
- Caronte, Spirito: Luigi De Donato
- Pastore, Spirito: Vlad Crosman
- Pastore: Paul Figuier

Reviews

... every word and note they utter seriously tugs at your heart.
The Times 9 July 2024
And above all casting Julian Prégardien as Orpheus, allowing this intelligent singer to use the full range of his vocal and emotional abilities.
Record Review (BBC Radio 3) 6 July 2024

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