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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

Written to texts by Molière, Isaac de Benserade and Philippe Quinault, it consisted of nine entries, each of them reprising the biggest successes from earlier works: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Les Noces de Village, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Le Ballet de Flore, La Pastorale Comique…

Mezzo-soprano

Giuseppina Bridelli

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Apr 28, 2026

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Leonardo García Alarcón · Elbphilharmonie

Mar 7, 2026

Le Carnaval - Mascarade, 1675 · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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