Performance

Venue	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
	Also: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Inigo Jones, Globe Education Centre Theatre (Park Street)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	23rd October 2015
To	15th November 2015
When	Oct 23, 24, 27, Nov 4, 6, 9, 12 at 19:30. Oct 28, 30 Mats 14:30. Nov 1, 15 at 19:00, Nov 8 Mat 14:00
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (V165)
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Date of change: 16 Apr 15 - T2016004243

Orpheus

Work:: Orpheus (S01819998182)

Rossi's Orpheus is one of several operatic versions of this enduring classic myth At the centre is Orpheus, who uses his musical gifts to try to win his beloved Eurydice back from Hades. Torment, jealousy and the intervention of the gods are also part of this engrossing drama in which the spurned lover Aristaeus turns to madness, while the devoted lover Orpheus earns a place among the stars.

Music

Luigi Rossi

Production:: (T2016004243)

Once again, the period and candlelit setting of the Sam Wanamaker Theatre are ideally suited to this Baroque opera, first staged in Paris in 1647. When the opera was given its premiere at the Palais Royal, it drew much admiration, not least for its wealth of duets and ensembles alongside inventive and delightful arias. Rossi composed an ever-shifting musical mosaic to match the interweaving comic and tragic strands of the story. Performed in English.

Producer	Shakespeare's Globe
Producer	Royal Opera
Director	Keith Warner
Conductor	Christian Curnyn
Design	Nicky Shaw
Choreographer	Karl Schreiner
Translation	Christopher Cowell
Company	Orchestra of Early Opera Company
Company	Orchestra of Early Opera Company
Performer	Louise Alder (Eurydice)
Performer	Mary Bevan (Orpheus)
Performer	Caitlin Hulcup (Aristeus)
Performer	Philip Smith (Charon / Endymion)
Performer	Keri Fuge (Cupid)
Performer	Sky Ingram (Venus)
Performer	Mark Milhofer (Momus / Old Woman / Jupiter)
Performer	Verena Gunz (Aegea)
Performer	Lauren Fagan (First Grace / First Fate / Himeneo)
Performer	Jennifer Davis (Second Grace / Second Fate)
Performer	Emily Edmonds (Third Grace / Third Fate)

Listing:: L01847793379

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Production details

Once again, the period and candlelit setting of the Sam Wanamaker Theatre are ideally suited to this Baroque opera, first staged in Paris in 1647. When the opera was given its premiere at the Palais Royal, it drew much admiration, not least for its wealth of duets and ensembles alongside inventive and delightful arias. Rossi composed an ever-shifting musical mosaic to match the interweaving comic and tragic strands of the story. Performed in English. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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