Opera Explained: Monteverdi - Orfeo (Smillie) - CD

Claudio Monteverdi

Introduction to … MONTEVERDI Orfeo

 

1. Background: Introduction

00:06:42

 

2. Background: Monteverdi's early life and education

00:06:34

 

3. Background: Monteverdi's other operas and performance practice

00:05:15

 

4. Orfeo: Prologue

00:05:56

 

5. Orfeo: A shepherd summons the chorus to sing

00:03:44

 

6. Orfeo: Orpheus is told that Eurydice is dead

00:07:01

 

7. Orfeo: Expressions of grief from the chorus and shepherds

00:03:46

 

8. Orfeo: Orpheus descends into hell

00:07:13

 

9. Orfeo: Charon's response to Orpheus

00:05:56

 

10. Orfeo: Pluto's pronouncement

00:04:44

 

11. Orfeo: Doubts assail Orpheus

00:06:47

 

12. Orfeo: Orpheus's long lament and the first ending

00:06:11

 

13. Orfeo: The second ending

00:07:06