"Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo..." -- BBC Music Magazine
Claudio Monteverdi L’ORFEO
Orfeo – John Mark Ainsley Euridice – Juanita Lascarro La Messagiera – Brigitte Balleys Apollo / Pastore II – Russell Smythe La Musica – David Cordier La Speranza – Michael Chance Caronte – Mario Luperi Proserpina – Bernarda Fink Plutone / Pastore IV – Dean Robinson Pastore I / Eco – Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Pastore III – Douglas Nasrawi Ninfa – Suzie LeBlanc
Tragicomedia Concerto Palatino Stephen Stubbs, conductor
Pierre Audi, stage director Michael Simon, set designer Jorge Jara, costume designer Jean Kalman, lighting designer
Recorded live at Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, July 1997
Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 (worldwide) Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch Running time: 140 mins No. of DVDs: 2
