Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567 - 1643)
L'Orfeo
Favola in Musica in a prologue and 5 acts
Josè Maria Lo Monaco, soprano (La Musica, Messaggiera)
Mathilde Opinel, soprano (Ninfa)
Federica Di Trapani, soprano (Euridice)
Delphine Galou, mezzo-soprano (Proserpina, Speranza)
Alessandro Giangrande, tenor (Pastore secondo, Un pastore, Un spirito)
Fernando Guimarães, tenor (Orfeo)
Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, tenor (Apollo, Primo Pastore, Un Spirito)
Nicolas Courjal, bass (Caronte, Plutone, Un Pastore)
Choeur de l'Opéra de Lausanne
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE
recorded: Oct 7, 2016, Opéra, Lausanne
lossless (flac)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder May 11, 2017
The orchestra consists of period and modern instruments: the strings are modern, but are played with baroque bows.
(01) prologue; acts 1 & 2 [49'11"]
(02) acts 3 - 5 [61'11"]
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