L'Orfeo. Immagini di una lontananza (2012)

dramatico-musical rewriting of Luigi Rossi's Orfeo
Instrumentation: 9 singing voices, flute (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, clarinet (also bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet (also piccolo trumpet), harpsichord, percussion, harp, 3 violins I, 3 violins II, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass

Duration: 70'

Commissioned by Festival della Valle d'Itria (Martina Franca, Italy)

Premiere: 30 July 2012, Teatro Verdi, XXXVIII Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca
Director and librettist: Fabio Ceresa
Soloists: Ilham Nazarov, Kristel Partna, Candida Guida, Giampiero Cicino, Graziana Palazzo, Pia Raffaele, Michela Antenucci, Laura Maddaluno, Valeri Turmanov. Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia conducted by Carlo Goldstein.

read the CD booklet (PDF)

reviews

https://www.operaworld.es/critica-de-orfeo-martina-franca-italiano/
https://www.teatro.it/notizie/teatro/orfeo-martina-franca
https://www.ilcorrieremusicale.it/2012/09/martina-franca-un-festival-sempre-piu-europeo/