L'Orfeo discography
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These lists show the audio and visual recordings of the opera L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
. The opera was first performed in Mantua
in 1607, at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, and is one of the earliest of all operas. The first recording of L'Orfeo was issued in 1939, a freely adapted version of Monteverdi's music edited by Giacomo Benvenuti
, given by the orchestra of La Scala
Milan conducted by Ferrucio Calusio
. In 1949 the Berlin Radio Orchestra under Helmut Koch recorded the complete opera, on long-playing records (LPs). The advent of LP recordings was, as Harold Schonberg later wrote, an important factor in the postwar revival of interest in Renaissance and Baroque music, and from the mid-1950s recordings of L'Orfeo have been issued on many labels. Koch's landmark version was reissued in 1962, when it was compared unfavourably with others that had by then been issued. The 1969 recording by Nicholas Harnoncourt and the Vienna Concentus Musicus, using Harnoncourt's edition based on period instruments, was praised for "making Monteverdi's music sound something like the way he imagined". In 1981 Seigfried Heinrich, with the Early Music Studio of the Hesse Chamber Orchestra, recorded a version which re-created the original Striggio libretto ending, adding music from Monteverdi's 1616 ballet Tirsi e Clori for the Bacchante scenes. Among more recent recordings, that of Emmanuelle Haim
has been praised for its dramatic effect. The 21st century has seen the issue of an increasing number of recordings on DVD
.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
. The opera was first performed in Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...
in 1607, at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, and is one of the earliest of all operas. The first recording of L'Orfeo was issued in 1939, a freely adapted version of Monteverdi's music edited by Giacomo Benvenuti
Giacomo Benvenuti
Giacomo Benvenuti was an Italian composer and musicologist. He was the son of organist Cristoforo Benvenuti and studied at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna under Luigi Torchi and Marco Enrico Bossi...
, given by the orchestra of La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
Milan conducted by Ferrucio Calusio
Ferrucio Calusio
Ferrucio Calusio was an Argentine conductor. He began his career in the 1920s at La Scala in Milan, Italy as an assistant conductor to Arturo Toscanini. In 1927 he returned to his native country to join the conducting staff of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He served as one of that house's main...
. In 1949 the Berlin Radio Orchestra under Helmut Koch recorded the complete opera, on long-playing records (LPs). The advent of LP recordings was, as Harold Schonberg later wrote, an important factor in the postwar revival of interest in Renaissance and Baroque music, and from the mid-1950s recordings of L'Orfeo have been issued on many labels. Koch's landmark version was reissued in 1962, when it was compared unfavourably with others that had by then been issued. The 1969 recording by Nicholas Harnoncourt and the Vienna Concentus Musicus, using Harnoncourt's edition based on period instruments, was praised for "making Monteverdi's music sound something like the way he imagined". In 1981 Seigfried Heinrich, with the Early Music Studio of the Hesse Chamber Orchestra, recorded a version which re-created the original Striggio libretto ending, adding music from Monteverdi's 1616 ballet Tirsi e Clori for the Bacchante scenes. Among more recent recordings, that of Emmanuelle Haim
Emmanuelle Haïm
Emmanuelle Haïm is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music....
has been praised for its dramatic effect. The 21st century has seen the issue of an increasing number of recordings on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
.
Audio
| Year of recording | Cast Orfeo; Euridice; La musica; Messenger; Proserpina |
Opera house/Orchestra Conductor |
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| 1939 | Enrico de Francheschi Ginevra Vivante (Euridice and La musica) Elena Nicolai Vittoria Palombini |
Orchestra of La Scala La Scala La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala... Milan Ferruccio Calusio |
78 rpm: La Voce del Padrone DB 5370-5381 CD (2004): Walhall Eternity Series WLCD 0060 (2 CDs) |
First complete recording (Milan, December 1939) | |
| 1949 | Max Meili Elfriede Trötschel Elfriede Trötschel Elfriede Trötschel was a German operatic soprano, she was a versatile singer with a wide-ranging repertoire.... Eva Fleischer Gerda Lammers (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Orchester des Berliner Rundfunks Helmut Koch |
LP Eterna 821 036 {3 discs} CD (2001) Berlin Classics 0094342BC (2 CDS) |
Performed in German, first LP version | |
| 1954 | Gino Sinimberghi Gino Sinimberghi Gino Sinimberghi was a tenor opera singer from Rome, Italy.Gino studied voice techniques at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. At the age of 23, he won the Vienna International Vocal Competition of 1935... Uta Graf Patricia Brinton (La musica) |
Wiener Singakedemie and Vienna Symphony Orchestra Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child... |
CD (2010): Andromeda, ANDRCD9069 (2 CDs), also CD (2010) Music & Arts Music & Arts Music & Arts is an American record label based in Kensington, California.Music & Arts is owned and operated by Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to informal education in the arts, established in California in 1984... - MA1237 (2 CDs) |
Recorded at the Konzerthaus, Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna The Konzerthaus in Vienna was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.In 1890 the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste came about... on 3 June 1954, an attempt to reconstruct the first performance of the opera in 1607. Not issued as a recording until 2010 |
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| 1955 | Helmut Krebs Helmut Krebs Helmut Krebs was a distinguished German tenor in opera and concert, who sang a wide range of roles from Baroque to contemporary works.-Professional career:... Hanni Mack-Cosack Margot Guillaume (La musica and Proserpina) Jeanne Deroubaix |
Orchester der Sommerlichen Musiktage Hitzacker, Hamburg August Wenzinger August Wenzinger August Wenzinger was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas.Wenzinger received his... |
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label... Archive APM 4057-4058 {2 discs} |
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| 1960 | Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay was a French baritone singer, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.-Background and education:... Judith Raskin Judith Raskin Judith Raskin was an American lyric soprano, renowned for her fine voice as well as her acting.Raskin was born in New York to Harry A. Raskin, a high school music teacher, and Lillian Raskin, a grade school teacher. Her father aroused her childhood interest in music, leading her to study violin... Doris Yarick Regina Sarfaty Regina Sarfaty Regina Sarfaty is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active career during the 1950s through the 1980s. Sarfaty first rose to prominence through her work at the Santa Fe Opera and the New York City Opera during the late 1950s... Evelyn Sachs |
New York City Opera New York City Opera The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in New York City.The company, called "the people's opera" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943 with the aim of making opera financially accessible to a wide audience, producing an innovative choice of repertory, and... Leopold Stokowski Leopold Stokowski Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski... |
CD (2006): Mitridate Ponto PO 1046 (2 CDs) | Recording of a live performance by the New York City Opera, 29 September 1960, recording not issued until 2006 | |
| 1968 | Eric Tappy Eric Tappy Eric Tappy is a Swiss operatic tenor.Tappy studied with Fernando Carpi at the Geneva Conservatory and Ernst Reichert in Salzburg. He made his concert debut in Strasbourg in 1959 as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion. He made his American debut as Don Ottavio at the San Francisco Opera in 1974... Magali Schwartz Wally Staempfli Laura Sarti Juliette Bise |
Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne Michel Corboz Michel Corboz Michel Corboz is a Swiss conductor.Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He founded the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, with which he has recorded and toured extensively... |
LP: Erato Erato Records Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 to promote French classical music. In 1992 it became part of Warner Bros. Records. In 1999 Erato launched a subsidiary Detour Records.... STU 70440-42 (3 discs) CD (1995): Erato 4509-98531-2 |
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| 1969 | Lajos Kozma Lajos Kozma Lajos Kozma is an Hungarian operatic tenor, particularly associated with lyric Italian roles, baroque operas and oratorios.Born on September 2, 1938, in Lepsény, Hungary, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and made his debut at the Budapest Opera in 1962, where he won considerable... Rotraud Hansmann (Euridice and La musica) Cathy Berberian Cathy Berberian Catherine Anahid Berberian was an American soprano and composer. She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music composed, among others, by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati , Igor Stravinsky.She also interpreted... Eiko Katanosaka |
Concentus Musicus Wien Concentus Musicus Wien Concentus Musicus Wien is a baroque music ensemble founded by Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt in 1953. It generated the now well-established movement in performance and recordings to play early music on period instruments.... Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier. Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement... |
LP: Telefunken SKH 21/1-3 (3 discs) CD (1985): Teldec Teldec The Teldec is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany. Today the label is a property of Warner Music Group.-History:... ZA 8 35020 {2CDS} |
Later CD release (2008): Teldec 2292 42494-2 (2CDS) | |
| 1973 | Nigel Rogers Nigel Rogers Nigel David Rogers is an English tenor, conductor, and teacher, who has made numerous recordings, mostly of early music.A native of Wellington, Shropshire, Rogers studied at King's College, Cambridge from 1953–1956, in Rome in 1957, in Milan from 1958–1959, and with Gerhard Hüsch at the Munich... Emilia Petrescu (Euridice and La musica) Anna Reynolds Anna Reynolds (singer) Anna Reynolds is an English classical mezzo-soprano and contralto singer in opera and concert.- Professional career :Ann Reynolds first studied piano, then voice at the Royal Academy of Music... (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Instralmentalsolisten Camerata Accademica Hamburg Jürgen Jürgens |
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label... Archiv Produktion 2723 018 (3 discs) CD (1996) Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 447 703-2 (2 CDs) |
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| 1978 | Philippe Huttenlocher Philippe Huttenlocher Philippe Huttenlocher is a Swiss baritone.He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He first studied violin at the conservatory in Neuchâtel, and then voice in Fribourg... Dietlinde Turban Dietlinde Turban Dietlinde Turban is a German actress. Her brother is the violinist Ingolf Turban.Turban made her acting debut at age 19 at the Residenz Theater, Munich, as Gretchen in a production of Goethe's Faust. Her other stage roles have included Desdemona in Othello.Turban is married to the conductor... Trudeliese Schmidt Glenys Linos (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Monteverdi Ensemble der Zürcher Oper Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier. Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement... |
CD (1989): Teldec Teldec The Teldec is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany. Today the label is a property of Warner Music Group.-History:... 8 35807 (part of Zürich Monteverdi Cycle, 6 CDS} |
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| 1980 | Joachim Seipp Melinda Liebermann Rosemarie Bühler Heide Blanca-Roeser Rochelle Travis |
Bad Hersfeld Festival 1980 Siegfried Heinrich |
LP (1982): Jubilate JU 85810-2 (3 discs) | ||
| 1983 | Nigel Rogers Nigel Rogers Nigel David Rogers is an English tenor, conductor, and teacher, who has made numerous recordings, mostly of early music.A native of Wellington, Shropshire, Rogers studied at King's College, Cambridge from 1953–1956, in Rome in 1957, in Milan from 1958–1959, and with Gerhard Hüsch at the Munich... Patrizia Kwella Emma Kirkby Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, DBE is an English soprano singer and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists. She attended Sherborne School For Girls in Dorset and was a classics student at Somerville College, Oxford, and an English teacher before developing a career as a soloist... Guillemette Laurens Guillemette Laurens Guillemette Laurens is a French operatic mezzo-soprano.Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba in The Rake's Progress at Salle Favart. She took part in the premiere recording of Lully's Atys conducted by William Christie. She is a highly-respected singer of Baroque... Jennifer Smith |
London Baroque Ensemble, London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Charles Medlam Charles Medlam Charles Medlam is an English conductor and cellist also known for his performances on viola da gamba.Medlam studied the cello in London, Paris, Vienna and Salzburg before becoming interested in the bass viol and early performing styles.... |
LP (1985): EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... EX 2701313 {3 discs} CD (1986) EMI 7 47142-8 {2 CDs} |
Later CD issues in 1994 (EMI) and 2005 (Virgin) | |
| 1985 | Gino Quilico Gino Quilico Gino Quilico, OC is a Canadian lyric baritone of Italian descent and the son of Canadian baritone Louis Quilico and Lina Pizzolongo.-Early life:... Audrey Michael Colette Alliot-Lugaz Colette Alliot-Lugaz Colette Alliot-Lugaz is a French soprano, particularly associated with Mozart.-Career:Born in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, she began her musical studies in Bonneville , and later in Geneva, with Magda Fonay-Besson. She completed her training at the Paris Opéra-Studio with René Koster and Vera Rosza... Carolyn Watkinson Carolyn Watkinson The English mezzo-soprano Carolyn Watkinson is a well-known singer of baroque music.Watkinson was born in Preston and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and in The Hague. In 1978 she sang Rameau's Phèdre at the English Bach Festival at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden... Danièle Borst |
L'Opera de Lyon Opéra National de Lyon Opéra National de Lyon is an opera company in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Opéra, a modernized version in 1993 of the original 1831 opera house.The inaugural performance of François-Adrien Boïeldieu's La Dame blanche was given on 1 July 1831... Michel Corboz Michel Corboz Michel Corboz is a Swiss conductor.Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He founded the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, with which he has recorded and toured extensively... |
LP (1985): Erato Erato Records Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 to promote French classical music. In 1992 it became part of Warner Bros. Records. In 1999 Erato launched a subsidiary Detour Records.... 75212 {2 discs} CD (1985) Erato 88133 {2 CDs} |
Recorded from film soundtrack | |
| 1986 | Anthony Rolfe-Johnson Julianne Baird Julianne Baird Julianne Baird is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music. She has nearly 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras... Lynne Dawson Lynne Dawson Lynne Dawson is an English soprano. She came to great prominence through her performance as a soloist in Libera me from Verdi’s Requiem with the BBC Singers at Princess Diana’s funeral in September 1997... Anne Sofie von Otter Diana Montague Diana Montague Diana Montague is a British mezzo-soprano known for her performances in opera and as a concert singer.-Biography:She was born in Winchester and educated at the Testwood School, the Winchester School of Art and the Royal Northern College of Music... |
English Baroque Soloists English Baroque Soloists The English Baroque Soloists is a chamber orchestra playing on period instruments, formed in 1978 by English conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Its repertoire comprises music from the early Baroque period to the Classical period... , Monteverdi Choir Monteverdi Choir The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Monteverdi Vespers in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the early... John Eliot Gardiner John Eliot Gardiner Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir , the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique... |
LP (1987): Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label... Archiv Produktion 419 250-1 (2 discs) CD 919870 DG Archiv Produktion 419 250-2 {2 CDs} |
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| 1991 | John Mark Ainsley John Mark Ainsley John Mark Ainsley is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart... Julia Gooding Catherine Bott Catherine Bott Catherine Bott is a British soprano and a baroque specialist.Following her studies at The King's High School For Girls, and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with Arthur Reckless, she began her career as a member of the English baroque-jazz crossover group, The Swingle Singers... (La musica, Messenger, Proserpina) |
New London Consort Philip Pickett Philip Pickett Philip Pickett is an English musician, recorder player and director of early music ensembles, notably The New London Consort.- Student days :... |
CD (1993): Decca Decca Records Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades.... L'Oiseau Lyre 433 545-2 {2 CDs} |
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| 1993 | Jeffrey Thomas Dana Hanchard (Euridice and La musica) Jennifer Lane Jessica Tanzillo |
Art of the Early Keyboard Gwendolyn Toth |
CD (1996): Lyrichord LEMS 9002 {2 CDs} | ||
| 1995 | Laurence Dale Efrat Ben-Nun (Euridice and La musica) Jennifer Larmore Jennifer Larmore Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, noted for coloratura and bel canto.- Career :Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano, well known for her versatility, natural beauty and stage craft... Bernarda Fink Bernarda Fink Bernarda Fink Inzko is an Argentinian mezzo-soprano. Born in Buenos Aires to Slovene parents, Bernarda Fink studied at the "Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón" in Buenos Aires. She won First Prize at the Nuevas Voces Líricas competition in 1985 and moved to Europe... |
Concerto Vocale René Jacobs |
CD (1995): Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony".... 901 553.54 |
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| 1996 | Alessandro Carmignani Marinella Pannicchi (Euridice and La musica) Rosita Frisani (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Capella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna Sergio Vartolo |
CD (1998): Naxos Naxos Records Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest... 8.554094-95 {2 CDs} |
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| 1996 | Victor Torres Adriana Fernández María Cristina Kiehr Maria Cristina Kiehr María Cristina Kiehr is a soprano vocalist associated with Baroque music. After receiving her early musical training in Argentina, she moved in 1983 to Europe and studied under René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, specializing in the Baroque repertoire. She performs and records for the... Gloria Banditelli Roberta Invernizzi |
Ensemble Elyma Gabriel Garrido Gabriel Garrido Gabriel Garrido is an Argentinian conductor specialising in the recovery of the baroque musical heritage of Latin America.Garrido was born in Buenos Aires, and at the age of 17 Argentine recorder quartet, Pro Arte, undertaking two tours in Europe... |
CD (1996): K617 K617066 {2 CDs} | Reissued by K617 in 2007 | |
| 2000 | Gareth Morell Sandra Simon (Euridice and La musica) Meredith Hall (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell |
CD (2001): Eclectra ECCD 2052 {2 CDs} | Sung in English | |
| 2003 | Ian Bostridge Ian Bostridge Ian Bostridge CBE is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera singer and as a song recitalist.-Early life and education:... Patrizia Ciofi Patrizia Ciofi Patrizia Ciofi, born in Casole d'Elsa, Siena, on June 7, 1967, is an Italian operatic soprano. She is married to the conductor Luciano Acocella.... Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay is a French coloratura soprano. She dropped the silent "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname outside France... Alice Coote Alice Coote Alice Coote is a British lyric mezzo-soprano.The daughter of the painter Mark Coote, she was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London , the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the National Opera Studio... Véronique Gens Véronique Gens Véronique Gens is a French soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music.... |
Le Concert d'Astrée Emmanuelle Haïm Emmanuelle Haïm Emmanuelle Haïm is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music.... |
CD (2004): Virgin Classics 5 45642-2 {2 CDs} | ||
| 2004 | Kobie van Rensburg Kobie van Rensburg Kobie van Rensburg is a South African tenor and opera director.- Life :Van Rensburg studied singing with Werner Nel at the Northwest University of South Africa, but also law and international politics at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education..He made his debut in 1991 at the age... Cyrille Gerstenhaber Estelle Kaïque (Messenger) Delphine Gillot (Proserpina) |
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire is a French conductor.He was born in Avignon, France and studied music locally and at the Paris Conservatory. His early musical career was as an oboist.... |
CD (2005): Dynamic DYNCDS 477 {2 CDs} | Recording of a live performance at Tourcoing in October 2004. The role of La musica was shared between three singers. | |
| 2006 | William Matteuzzi William Matteuzzi William Matteuzzi is an Italian operatic tenor renowned for his impressive vocal range and prominent upper register, reaching a high F in full voice., which enabled him to participate in the recent revival of the tenore contraltino repertoire... Sylva Pozzer (Euridice and La musica) Sara Mingardo Sara Mingardo Sara Mingardo is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens won a Gramophone Award and both the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best... (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Ensemble Instrumental Sergio Vartolo |
CD (2006) Brilliant Classics 93103 {2 CDs} | ||
| 2006 | Mirko Guadagnini Emanuela Galli (Euridice and La musica) Marina De Liso Christina Calzolari |
La Venexiana Claudio Cavina |
CD (2007): Glossa GLO 920913 {2 CDs} | Recorded in the Iglesia di San Carlo, Modena, February 2006 | |
| 2006 | Frank Kelley Frank Kelley (tenor) Frank Kelley is an American tenor, who has performed in concert and in opera throughout North America and Europe. He holds music degrees from Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music... Roberta Anderson Laurie Monahan (La musica and Messenger) Sharon Baker |
Aston Magna Daniel Stepner |
CD (2008): Centaur Records 2931/2 {2 CDs} | ||
| 2007 | Furio Zanasi Anna Simboli (Eurydice and Prosperina) Monica Piccinini Sara Mingardo Sara Mingardo Sara Mingardo is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens won a Gramophone Award and both the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best... |
Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Couperin, J. S. Bach, and others... |
CD (2007): Naïve Naïve Records Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, specializing in electronic music, pop music, jazz and classical music. It was founded in 1997 by Patrick Zelnik, Gilles Paires and Eric Tong Cuong.-Artists:* Aṣa* Asian Dub Foundation... OP 30439 {2 CDs} |
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| Year of recording | Cast Orfeo; Euridice; La musica; Messenger; Proserpina |
Opera house/Orchestra Conductor |
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| 1978 | Philippe Huttenlocher Philippe Huttenlocher Philippe Huttenlocher is a Swiss baritone.He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He first studied violin at the conservatory in Neuchâtel, and then voice in Fribourg... Dietlinde Turban Dietlinde Turban Dietlinde Turban is a German actress. Her brother is the violinist Ingolf Turban.Turban made her acting debut at age 19 at the Residenz Theater, Munich, as Gretchen in a production of Goethe's Faust. Her other stage roles have included Desdemona in Othello.Turban is married to the conductor... Trudeliese Schmidt Glenys Linos (Messenger and Proserpina) |
Monteverdi Ensemble der Zürcher Oper Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nikolaus Harnoncourt is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier. Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement... |
DVD (2007): Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label... 073 4163 |
Originally performed as a television film. Also issued on DVD as part of a 3-opera set, DG Unitel 073 4278 (5 DVDs) | |
| 1997 | John Mark Ainsley John Mark Ainsley John Mark Ainsley is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart... Juanita Lascarro David Cordier Brigitte Balleys Bernarda Fink |
Concerto Palatino, Tragicomedia Stephen Stubbs Stephen Stubbs Stephen Stubbs is a lutenist and music director and has been a leading figure in the European early music scene for nearly thirty years.... |
DVD (2005): Opus Arte OA 0928 (Europe); Opus Arte OA 0929 (USA) | Recording of a performance by De Nederlandse Opera De Nederlandse Opera De Nederlandse Opera , in Amsterdam, is a Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Het Muziektheater, a modern building designed by Cees Dam which opened in 1986.... Amsterdam, September 1997 (stage direction: Pierre Audi Pierre Audi Pierre Audi is a French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director.Pierre Audi is the son of the Lebanese banker Raymond Audi and Andrée Michel Fattal, the eldest of three children. Audi's family were originally from originally from Saida, but he attended the French Lycée in Beirut... ) |
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| 1998 | Simon Keenlyside Simon Keenlyside Simon Keenlyside CBE is a British baritone who has had an active international career performing in operas and concerts since the mid 1980s.-Early life and education:... Juanita Lascarro (Euridice and La musica) Graciela Oddone Martina Dike |
Concerto Vocale, Collegium Vocale Gent René Jacobs |
DVD (2006) Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony".... France HMD 9909003/04 |
Recording of a performance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie La Monnaie Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium.... , 21 May 1998. |
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| 2002 | Furio Zanasi Arianna Savall Montserrat Figueras Sara Mingardo Adriana Fernández |
Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage... |
DVD (2002): BBC/Opus Arte OA 0842D | Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatre del Liceu, 31 January 2002 | |
| 2004 | Kobie van Rensburg Kobie van Rensburg Kobie van Rensburg is a South African tenor and opera director.- Life :Van Rensburg studied singing with Werner Nel at the Northwest University of South Africa, but also law and international politics at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education..He made his debut in 1991 at the age... Cyrille Gerstenhaber Estelle Kaïque (Messenger) Delphine Gillot (Proserpina) |
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy is a French musical ensemble that performs using period instruments. The group was founded in 1966 by Jean-Claude Malgoire. While the ensemble has performed a wide repertoire from a variety of musical periods, the group has drawn particular acclaim for their... Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire is a French conductor.He was born in Avignon, France and studied music locally and at the Paris Conservatory. His early musical career was as an oboist.... |
DVD (2005): Dynamic 33477 | Recording of a live performance at Tourcoing Tourcoing Tourcoing is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Nord.Tourcoing is situated near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.-Main sights:... in October 2004. The role of La musica was shared between three singers. |
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| 2008 | Dietrich Henschel Maria Grazia Schiavo (Euridice, La musica and Prosperina) Sonia Prina Sonia Prina Sonia Prina is an Italian operatic contralto who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid 1990s. She is particularly known for her appearances in Baroque operas and for her performances of the Baroque concert repertoire... |
Les Arts Florissants Les Arts Florissants (ensemble) Les Arts Florissants is a Baroque musical ensemble in residence at the Théâtre de Caen in Caen, France. The organization was founded by conductor William Christie in 1979. The ensemble derives its name from the 1685 opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The organization consists of a chamber orchestra... - Les Sacqueboutiers William Christie |
DVD (2009): Dynamic 33598 | Live performance, Teatro Real Teatro Real The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:... , Madrid, May 2008 |