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Favola in musica in five acts and a prologue
Text by Alessandro Striggio
Language Italian

The happiness of the singer Orfeo and his Euridice is short-lived: on the day of their wedding, Euridice is killed by a snakebite.

Orfeo refuses to accept fate and decides to descend into the underworld to bring Euridice back. He uses his singing to penetrate the realm of the dead and persuades its rulers, Proserpina and Pluto, to release Euridice. However, Orfeo is given the condition that he must not look around for her during their ascent together. On the way, however, Orfeo has doubts as to whether Euridice is really following him, so he turns back. His beloved then disappears - this time forever.

Cast

The Music / The Hope / Echo Nadezhda Karyazina
Orfeo Rolando Villazón
Euridice Florina Ilie
Botin / Proserpina Margaret Plummer
Plutone Matheus França
Caronte Wolfgang Bankl
Apollo Hiroshi Amako
A shepherd Iurii Iushkevich

Musical direction Stefan Gottfried
Production Tom Morris
Stage & Costumes Anna Fleischle
Lighting James Farncombe
Video Nina Dunn
Choreography & movement direction Jane Gibson, Callum Hastie

Subject to change without notice.