Orfeo
Music by Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto by Alessandro Striggio
This production of La Favola d'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi & Alessandro Striggio opened at Garsington Opera on 1st June 2022. The set was designed so that the stage could be shared by singers, dancers and musicians, all working together and relating to one another throughout the performance. The opera was sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Creative Team
| Conductor/Harpsichord | Laurence Cummings |
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Robert Jones |
| Lighting Director | Paul Pyant |
| Choreographer | Arielle Smith |
| Assistant Conductor/Harpsichord | Christopher Bucknall |
| Assistant Director | Rebecca Melzer |
| Dance Captain | Amber Doyle |
| Chorus Director | Jonathon Swinard-Cole |
| Music Staff | Nicholas Ansdell-Evans |
| Language Coach | Patrizia Dina |
| Surtitles | Kenneth Chalmers |
| Stage Manager | Ray Bingle |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Felix Kröger |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Zoë Morgan |
Cast
| La Musica | Claire Lees |
| Ninfa | Anna Cavaliero |
| Orfeo | Ed Lyon |
| Euridice | Zoë Drummond |
| Messagiera | Diana Montague |
| La Speranza | Laura Fleur |
| Caronte | Frazer Scott |
| Proserpina | Lauren Joyanne Morris |
| Pluto | Ossian Huskinson |
| Solo Shepherds and Spirits | Florian Panzieri, David Horton, Richard Pinkstone, Georgia Mae Bishop, Dafydd Jones, Philippe Durrant, Joe Chalmers, Michael Bell |
| Spirits of the Dance | Amber Doyle, Maddy Brennan, Benjamin Derham, Annie Joy Edwards, Cameron Everitt, Emily Gunn |
The English Concert
| Violin | Nadja Zwiener (Leader), Elizabeth McCarthy |
| Viola | Jordan Bowron, Charlotte Fairbairn |
| Bass Violin | Joseph Crouch |
| Violone | Carina Cosgrave |
| Theorbo | Sergio Bucheli, Pablo FitzGerald |
| Harp | Joy Smith |
| Cornett/Recorder | Conor Hastings, Helen Roberts, Adrian Woodward(3 June) |
| Trumpet | Mark Bennett |
| Trombone/Trumpet | Tom Lees, Hilary Belsey, Adam Crighton, Andrew Harwood-White, Adrian France |
| Percussion | Pedro Segunda |
| Harpsichords and Organ provided and tuned by Simon Neal | |