L'ORFEO

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.

The Crew

Philippe Huttenlocher

Orfeo

Dietlinde Turban

Euridice

Rachel Yakar

Euridice (singing voice)

Trudeliese Schmidt

La Musica / Speranza

Roland Hermann

Apollo

Glenys Linos

Messaggera / Proserpina

Werner Gröschel

Plutone

Hans Franzen

Caronte

Suzanne Calabro

Ninfa

Peter Keller

Pastor 1