Singer

Tenor

Upon emerging from the Underworld, Orpheus couldn't resist checking to see if Eurydice was still with him. He was punished for it: she is now imprisoned in Tartarus forever. Twelve years after Monteverdi's L'Orfeo , Stefano Landi recounts the terrible end of his hero in La Morte d'Orfeo .

The Death of Orpheus

Opéra de Dijon

1610: A New Language of the Sacred. A work by Claudio Monteverdi published in 1610, dedicated to Pope Paul V, performed by the ensemble Les Traversées Baroques.

Vespers of the Virgin

Basilique Notre-Dame

The story of the opera begins with an introduction by La Musica, music itself: Claudio Monteverdi opens his version of the ancient love story of Orfeo and Eurydice, the singer whose voice could even melt death, with the prologue. Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón has this epochal work firmly in his repertoire with his Cappella Mediterranea, which specializes in early music, and says: "If life, death, love, and music are the driving forces of humanity, then L'Orfeo is perhaps the opera that best embodies them."

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Leonardo García Alarcón

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Poppea Sabina, one of the most bewitching figures of antiquity, aspires to rise to the rank of empress alongside her lover, the emperor Nero, who must repudiate his wife, Octavia, in order to do so. Power, desire, and ambition intertwine in this masterly work by Claudio Monteverdi, his last opera. Conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón at the helm of Cappella Mediterranea, the concert version reveals the full dramatic power of this timeless opera. This production will tour Cologne, Geneva, Namur, Montreal, Toronto, and New York between May and July 2025.

TSM presents Opening Night: The Coronation of Poppea

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Riccardo Minasi leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra, choirs and soloists in Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

Singer, Tenor

Valerio Contaldo

Events

Past events

Sep 24, 2026

The Death of Orpheus · Opéra de Dijon

Jul 24, 2026

Vespers of the Virgin · Festival international d'opéra baroque de Beaune

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in St. Matthew Passion by Bach

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Tenor in Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi

Festival international d'opéra baroque de Beaune

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