L'Orfeo

T01280175849
On the day of his wedding, Orpheus' beloved Eurydice is killed by poisonous snakebite. In his grief, he enters the Underworld to retrieve her, using his prodigious musical skill to charm his way into the very centre of Pluto's dark kingdom.

Author

Monteverdi

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Archive :: production:T01280175849, opera or operetta:S376700168, venue:V0738357779

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Production details

Sung in Italian with Englis supertitles. Edinburgh International Festival