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Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi – L'Orfeo, SV 318
Performers
Krystian Adam – tenor
Francesca Aspromonte – soprano
Francesca Boncompagni – soprano
Gianluca Buratto – Bass
Mariana Flores – soprano
Silvia Frigato – soprano
Nicholas Mulroy – tenor
David Shipley – Bass
Andrew Tortise – tenor
Gareth Treseder – tenor
John Eliot Gardiner – Conductor
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
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Programme Note
Monteverdi’s Orfeo is the first great opera - the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists - transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi’s loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life.