Opera Explained - An Introduction to Monteverdi's Orfeo

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Opera Explained - An Introduction to Monteverdi's Orfeo

Label:

Naxos

Catalogue No:

8558174
(8.558174)

Series:

Educational
Opera Explained

Discs:

1

Release date:

27th Oct 2008

Barcode:

0636943817421

Length:

76 minutes

Medium:

CD (download also available)

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Opera Explained - An Introduction to Monteverdi's Orfeo

Monteverdi:

L'Orfeo

An introduction to the Opera

David Timson (narrator)

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12-page booklet

Written by Thomson Smillie

This audiobook series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recordings of the complete works, the presentation is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form.

Monteverdi's Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera.

Notable for its precise orchestration and powerful drama it was a groundbreaking work. It concerns the legend of Orpheus, the demi-god whose music had the power to conquer the forces of Hell and to bring his wife back, briefly, to life.

The extracts used in this introduction are from Naxos’s full recording; it uses authentic period instruments, which serve to evoke the early Baroque period of the opera’s composition.

Claudio Monteverdi: Introduction to … MONTEVERDI Orfeo

playBackground: Introduction

playBackground: Monteverdi's early life and education

playBackground: Monteverdi's other operas and performance practice

playOrfeo: Prologue

playOrfeo: A shepherd summons the chorus to sing

playOrfeo: Orpheus is told that Eurydice is dead

playOrfeo: Expressions of grief from the chorus and shepherds

playOrfeo: Orpheus descends into hell

playOrfeo: Charon's response to Orpheus

playOrfeo: Pluto's pronouncement

playOrfeo: Doubts assail Orpheus

playOrfeo: Orpheus's long lament and the first ending

playOrfeo: The second ending

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