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L'Orfeo [videorecording] : favola pastorale in un prologo e cinque atti / RAI due Palco e Retropalco, Raitrade, Teatro alla Scala presentano ; libretto di Alessandro Striggio ; musica di Claudio Monteverdi ; direttore, Rinaldo Alessandrini ; regia, scene e luci, Robert Wilson.

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Orpheus and Eurydice are to be married but Eurydice is mortally bitten by a snake. Orpheus descends to Hades to recover his bride, where he fails Plato's test and again loses Eurydice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643
Corporate Authors:	Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra (Performer), Concerto italiano (Musical group) (Performer), Teatro alla Scala, Opéra national de Paris, Rai due (Television station : Italy), Rai Trade (Firm), Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors:	Striggio, Alessandro (Librettist), Invernizzi, Roberta (Performer), Nigl, Georg (Performer), Mingardo, Sara (Performer), Milanesi, Raffaella (Performer), Parodi, Giovanni Battista, 1976- (Performer), Zanasi, Furio (Performer), Alessandrini, Rinaldo (Conductor), Wilson, Robert, 1941-, Reynaud, Jacques, 1960-, Arx, Serge von, 1971-, Frigeni, Giuseppe, Weissbard, A. J., Garofalo, Emanuele (Performer), Whitbourn, James (Performer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian English French German Spanish
Published:	[Heathfield, England] : Opus Arte, ©2011.
Subjects:	Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Operas. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) Filmed operas. Drama.

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Summary:	Orpheus and Eurydice are to be married but Eurydice is mortally bitten by a snake. Orpheus descends to Hades to recover his bride, where he fails Plato's test and again loses Eurydice.
Item Description:	Opera in a prologue and five acts. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container. Special features on DVD: synopsis and cast gallery.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-9; NTSC; all regions; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Production Credits:	Stage, set and lighting director, Robert Wilson; costume design, Jacques Reynaud; director's collaborator, Giuseppe Frigeni; collaborator on sets, Serge von Arx; lighting designer, A J Weissbard; director of photography, Riccardo De Poli; editor, Carlo Bertucci; TV and video director, Emanuele Garofalo; producer, James Whitbourn; a co-production of Teatro alla Scala and Opéra national de Paris.
Participant or Performer:	Roberta Invernizzi (La Musica, Euridice, Eco) ; Georg Nigl (Orfeo) ; Sara Mingardo (Messaggera & Speranza) ; Luigi De Donato (Caronte) ; Raffaella Milanesi (Proserpina) ; Giovanni Battista Parodi (Plutone) ; Furio Zanasi (Apollo) ; Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala ; Concerto Italiano, basso continuo ; Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor.
Language:	Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded in performance Sept. 21, 23, 2009, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy.