Orfeo

Garsington Opera, UK

Music by Claudio Monteverdi

Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

This production of La Favola d'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi & Alessandro Striggio opened at Garsington Opera on 1st June 2022. The set was designed so that the stage could be shared by singers, dancers and musicians, all working together and relating to one another throughout the performance. The opera was sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Creative Team

Conductor/HarpsichordLaurence Cummings
DirectorJohn Caird
DesignerRobert Jones
Lighting DirectorPaul Pyant
ChoreographerArielle Smith
Assistant Conductor/HarpsichordChristopher Bucknall
Assistant DirectorRebecca Melzer
Dance CaptainAmber Doyle
Chorus DirectorJonathon Swinard-Cole
Music StaffNicholas Ansdell-Evans
Language CoachPatrizia Dina
SurtitlesKenneth Chalmers
Stage ManagerRay Bingle
Deputy Stage ManagerFelix Kröger
Assistant Stage ManagerZoë Morgan

Cast

La MusicaClaire Lees
NinfaAnna Cavaliero
OrfeoEd Lyon
EuridiceZoë Drummond
MessagieraDiana Montague
La SperanzaLaura Fleur
CaronteFrazer Scott
ProserpinaLauren Joyanne Morris
PlutoOssian Huskinson
Solo Shepherds and SpiritsFlorian Panzieri, David Horton, Richard Pinkstone, Georgia Mae Bishop, Dafydd Jones, Philippe Durrant, Joe Chalmers, Michael Bell
Spirits of the DanceAmber Doyle, Maddy Brennan, Benjamin Derham, Annie Joy Edwards, Cameron Everitt, Emily Gunn

The English Concert

ViolinNadja Zwiener (Leader), Elizabeth McCarthy
ViolaJordan Bowron, Charlotte Fairbairn
Bass ViolinJoseph Crouch
VioloneCarina Cosgrave
TheorboSergio Bucheli, Pablo FitzGerald
HarpJoy Smith
Cornett/RecorderConor Hastings, Helen Roberts, Adrian Woodward(3 June)
TrumpetMark Bennett
Trombone/TrumpetTom Lees, Hilary Belsey, Adam Crighton, Andrew Harwood-White, Adrian France
PercussionPedro Segunda