Intro
L’Orfeo
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Orpheus sings to vanquish death, hoping to save his dead wife from the underworld. And so it is entirely fitting that the history of opera should begin with a work celebrating the power of music. The premiere of Claudio Monteverdi’s »L’Orfeo« on 24 February 1607 is regarded as the birth of musical theatre. In the Semperoper, Monteverdi’s opera about the power and impotence of music can now be experienced for the first time in a new production of the original version. The conductor and lutenist Wolfgang Katschner will bring the score to life together with his orchestra lautten compagney BERLIN with period instruments. Director and puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan, a shooting star of the Austrian theatre scene, will stage the work with a mixture of singing actors and life-size puppets.
Premiere 30. April 2023
L’Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
May
2024
Jun
2024
Dates
May
2024
Jun
2024
Info
- 7.30 pm – 9.40 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
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Cast
Cast26. May 2024Change
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Staging Nikolaus Habjan
- Choreographie Esther Balfe
- Set Design Jakob Brossmann
- Costume Design Cedric Mpaka
- Collaboration Kostüm Lugh Amber Wittig
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- La Musica (The Music) Alice Rossi
- Orfeo Rolando Villazón
- Euridice Sofia Savenko
- The Messenger Štěpánka Pučálková
- La Speranza (The Hope) Georg Bochow
- Caronte Markus Suihkonen
- Proserpina Ute Selbig
- Plutone Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Apollo Simeon Esper
- A Nymph Christiane Hossfeld
- Eco (Echo) Alice Rossi
- 1st Shepherd Justyna Rapacz
- 2nd Shepherd Aaron Pegram
- 3rd Shepherd Joseph Dennis
- 4th Shepherd Ilya Silchuk
- 1st Ghost Aaron Pegram
- 2nd Ghost Joseph Dennis
- 3rd Ghost Ilya Silchuk
- Puppenspieler Johann Ebert, JARNOTH, Max Konrad, Anderson Pinheiro da Silva
lautten compagney BERLIN
Project Partners: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast31. May 2024Change
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Staging Nikolaus Habjan
- Choreographie Esther Balfe
- Set Design Jakob Brossmann
- Costume Design Cedric Mpaka
- Collaboration Kostüm Lugh Amber Wittig
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- La Musica (The Music) Alice Rossi
- Orfeo Rolando Villazón
- Euridice Sofia Savenko
- The Messenger Štěpánka Pučálková
- La Speranza (The Hope) Georg Bochow
- Caronte Markus Suihkonen
- Proserpina Ute Selbig
- Plutone Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Apollo Simeon Esper
- A Nymph Christiane Hossfeld
- Eco (Echo) Alice Rossi
- 1st Shepherd Justyna Rapacz
- 2nd Shepherd Aaron Pegram
- 3rd Shepherd Joseph Dennis
- 4th Shepherd Ilya Silchuk
- 1st Ghost Aaron Pegram
- 2nd Ghost Joseph Dennis
- 3rd Ghost Ilya Silchuk
- Puppenspieler Johann Ebert, JARNOTH, Angelo Konzett, Anderson Pinheiro da Silva
lautten compagney BERLIN
Project Partners: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast03. Jun 2024Change
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Staging Nikolaus Habjan
- Choreographie Esther Balfe
- Set Design Jakob Brossmann
- Costume Design Cedric Mpaka
- Collaboration Kostüm Lugh Amber Wittig
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- La Musica (The Music) Alice Rossi
- Orfeo Rolando Villazón
- Euridice Sofia Savenko
- The Messenger Štěpánka Pučálková
- La Speranza (The Hope) Georg Bochow
- Caronte Markus Suihkonen
- Proserpina Ute Selbig
- Plutone Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Apollo Simeon Esper
- A Nymph Christiane Hossfeld
- Eco (Echo) Alice Rossi
- 1st Shepherd Justyna Rapacz
- 2nd Shepherd Aaron Pegram
- 3rd Shepherd Joseph Dennis
- 4th Shepherd Ilya Silchuk
- 1st Ghost Aaron Pegram
- 2nd Ghost Joseph Dennis
- 3rd Ghost Ilya Silchuk
- Puppenspieler Johann Ebert, JARNOTH, Angelo Konzett, Anderson Pinheiro da Silva
lautten compagney BERLIN
Project Partners: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast06. Jun 2024Change
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Staging Nikolaus Habjan
- Choreographie Esther Balfe
- Set Design Jakob Brossmann
- Costume Design Cedric Mpaka
- Collaboration Kostüm Lugh Amber Wittig
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- La Musica (The Music) Alice Rossi
- Orfeo Rolando Villazón
- Euridice Sofia Savenko
- The Messenger Štěpánka Pučálková
- La Speranza (The Hope) Georg Bochow
- Caronte Markus Suihkonen
- Proserpina Ute Selbig
- Plutone Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Apollo Simeon Esper
- A Nymph Christiane Hossfeld
- Eco (Echo) Alice Rossi
- 1st Shepherd Justyna Rapacz
- 2nd Shepherd Aaron Pegram
- 3rd Shepherd Joseph Dennis
- 4th Shepherd Ilya Silchuk
- 1st Ghost Aaron Pegram
- 2nd Ghost Joseph Dennis
- 3rd Ghost Ilya Silchuk
- Puppenspieler Johann Ebert, JARNOTH, Angelo Konzett, Anderson Pinheiro da Silva
lautten compagney BERLIN
Project Partners: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Complete Cast
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Staging Nikolaus Habjan
- Choreographie Esther Balfe
- Set Design Jakob Brossmann
- Costume Design Cedric Mpaka
- Collaboration Kostüm Lugh Amber Wittig
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- La Musica (The Music) Alice Rossi
- Orfeo Rolando Villazón
- Euridice Sofia Savenko
- The Messenger Štěpánka Pučálková
- La Speranza (The Hope) Georg Bochow
- Caronte Markus Suihkonen
- Proserpina Ute Selbig
- Plutone Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Apollo Simeon Esper
- A Nymph Christiane Hossfeld
- Eco (Echo) Alice Rossi
- 1st Shepherd Justyna Rapacz
- 2nd Shepherd Aaron Pegram
- 3rd Shepherd Joseph Dennis
- 4th Shepherd Ilya Silchuk
- 1st Ghost Aaron Pegram
- 2nd Ghost Joseph Dennis
- 3rd Ghost Ilya Silchuk
- Puppenspieler Johann Ebert(26., 31. May, 03., 06. June 2024), JARNOTH(26., 31. May, 03., 06. June 2024), Max Konrad(26. May 2024), Anderson Pinheiro da Silva(26., 31. May, 03., 06. June 2024), Angelo Konzett(31. May, 03., 06. June 2024)
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