Monteverdi : L'Orfeo (Les Arts Florissants / Paul Agnew / Cyril Auvity /Léa Desandre)
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Published 2018-12-26
First performed at the Ducal Palace in Mantua, in 1607 Monteverdi's L’Orfeo is a musical fable, the composer's first opera following his Madrigals and today one of the most important works in the lyrical repertoire. It marks an important turning point in the histor of music and symbolises the frontier between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. With this opera, Monteverdi became one of the first creators, if not the first, of a new musical form: the dramma per musica or musical theatrical drama. Monteverdi's L’Orfeo is today often regarded as the world's first opera!
The libretto by Alessandro Striggio was inspired by the legend of Orpheus as it was told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses and certain passages from Virgil's Georgics. Unsurprisingly, the ensemble Les Arts Florissants have already performed Monteverdi's work on numerous occasions. 2017, however, marks the first performance conducted by Paul Agnew, Associate Conductor and Joint Musical Director of Les Arts Florissants, having recently finished his four-year concert tour of Monteverdi's Madrigals across Europe, and notably the Théâtre de Caen.
For this performance, Paul Agnew sought to focus above all upon the text and the music, choosing a particularly sober stage design. Alongside Agnew: Cyril Auvity as Orpheus, and a plethora of singers, many of whom graduates from the Jardin des Voix (Les Arts Florissants's own academy) and the cast from Agnew's recent Madrigals, and not to mention the costume design by Alain Blanchot's. His remarkable work for Il Sant’Alessio and Rameau, maître à danser was unanimously praised by the press.
Distribution
Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew : musical direction
Alain Blanchot : costume design
Christophe Naillet : stage design and lighting
Cyril Auvity : Orpheus
Hannah Morrison : Eurydice, Music
Miriam Allan : Proserpine, a Nymph
Léa Desandre : The Messenger, Hope
Antonio Abete : Pluto, a spirit, a shepherd
Paul Agnew : Apollo, Echo
Cyril Costanzo : Charon, a spirit
Carlo Vistoli : A spirit, a shepherd
Sean Clayton : A shepherd
Zachary Wilder : A spirit, a shepherd
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All Comments (21)
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C'est une version que je trouve absolument féérique, l'interprétation est sublime. Les mises en scène contemporaines déjantées et/ou dénudées commencent à me taper sur les nerfs...mais contrairement à ce que certains pensent, ce n'est pas du tout ce qu'auraient pu regarder et tenter d'entendre les auditeurs/spectateurs de l'époque : le spectacle était aussi dans la salle, avec les conversations, les commentaires à haute voix, les sifflements, les huées...autres temps, autres moeurs.
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Monteverdi was a genius. Les Arts Florissants are wonderful performers.
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Magnifique musique et interprétation. Une mise en scène telle des tableaux du XVII siècles.
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I have tears... and I am only 30 seconds into this. The beginning Lute is ---- healing.
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Je découvre cette superbe réalisation, tout est beau, la mise en scène, les musiciens, les chanteurs, et la video est parfaitement réalisée, avec en prime le sous titrage en français. Un cadeau exceptionnel, merci ❤
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L'orchestre qui joue de mémoire 😮!!!!
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Divine. No other word. The voices are sublime.
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This is my favorite opera of all time. One of the most beautiful works of all humanity
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This has the innocence of a fairy tale: I´m litterally crying right now. Bravo!
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Une interprétation qui a le parfum du bois qui craque et la douceur du velours rouge, très beau!
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How far "ahead of his time" was Monteverdi? Just listen, in absolute wonder, to Léa Desandre's "harmonic left turn" - beginning at 49:14 - singing the phrase, "Cést dans ces champs de plaintes." That beautifully sincere and heart-wrenching "slight-change-of-key-in-mid-flight" could have been written yesterday! My GOODNESS, what a majestic musical prophet was Monteverdi... and 400+ years later, we're still utterly and gratefully captivated! Mike D.
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A worthy successor to Savall's production in Barcelona of about 20 years ago. Extraordinary.
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Cyril Auvity est le meilleur Orphée qu'il m'ait été donné d'entendre. Tous est extrêmement juste dans son chant et son jeu.
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Cyril Auvity absolutely fantastic!
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One of the best versions I've ever heard/seen!
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Très touchant. Cyril Auvity est extraordinaire. Un veritable artiste vers le système
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Beautiful production, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for so generously posting this fabulous performance of a sublime piece of music.
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Je crois que c'est ma version préférée de L' Orfeo. Cyril Auvity est vraiment touchant de sincérité et l'ensemble est simple et beau. Merci à tous.
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The sound of the recorder at 4:02 always gives me goose bumps. For me the recorder is one of the most underrated instruments in history.
