Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	4th August 2015
To	4th August 2015
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 22 May 15 - T0752004679

Prom 25 - Orfeo

Work:: Prom 25 (S350)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Orfeo (T0752004679)

Monteverdi's Orfeo is the first great opera - the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists - transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi's loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life. Finish time approx 22:00

Performer	Krystian Adam (tenor)
Performer	Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
Performer	Francesca Boncompagni (soprano)
Performer	Gianluca Buratto (bass)
Performer	Mariana Flores (soprano)
Performer	Silvia Frigato (soprano)
Performer	Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Performer	David Shipley (bass)
Performer	Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Performer	Gareth Treseder (tenor)
Company	Monteverdi Choir
Company	English Baroque Soloists
Conductor	John Eliot Gardiner

Listing:: L01909546088

Orfeo

Monteverdi's Orfeo is the first great opera - the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists - transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi's loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life. Finish time approx 22:00

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