{"id":8609,"date":"2024-03-09T10:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/production\/monteverdi-lorfeo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:37:24","slug":"monteverdi-lorfeo","status":"publish","type":"post-concert","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/production\/monteverdi-lorfeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Monteverdi, l’Orfeo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Based on the myth of Orpheus attempting to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, l’Orfeo<\/em> set a milestone in the history of music, marking the musical end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque era, and, in La naissance de l’individu dans l’art, placing \u2018the individual at the centre of the new musical world\u2019. Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n and Cappella Mediterranea brilliantly perform this magnificent love singing, this poetic and theatrical fable about the power of music. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Discreetly staged, this concert version brings out the dramatic essence of the music, which is brought to life with the skill and instinct that characterise the artistry of the Argentine conductor and his ensemble.<\/p>\n

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L’Orfeo may be the first major opera in history, but its theatrical spirit is fully embodied in the music. This performance captures its quintessence.<\/p>\n

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The musicians of Cappella Mediterranea stir the emotions under the baton of Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n, at the harpsichord, who has spent so much time immersed in this favola in musica before recording it. The richness of the continuo is supported by the shimmering plucked strings that weave the harmony. The Choeur de chambre de Namur delights with the fullness of its vocal balance and its perfect harmony with the rest of the ensemble.<\/p>\n

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The first great opera in history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

None of this would have been possible without Monteverdi\u2019s genius. He could transmit every slight inflection and emotion produced by the text in music, with incomparable artistry and mastery. Although the forms he was working with were so diverse, he was able to arrange musical and dramatic sequences with great coherence. By combining different stylistic elements drawn from both new (monodic) and old (polyphonic) music, he produced a mind-blowing amalgam. It was so innovative that almost four centuries later, we can still feel the same admiration and awe that struck the audience that first had the privilege of witnessing this phenomenon on 24 February 1607. There can be no doubt. The operatic genre was born with a masterpiece. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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