L'Orfeo poster

Movie profile

L'Orfeo

9.2/ 1019781h 42m

Music

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Visual gallery

Behind the frames

2 stills

L'Orfeo still 1

L'Orfeo still 2

The cast

Faces behind the story

Philippe Huttenlocher

Philippe Huttenlocher

Orfeo

Dietlinde Turban

Dietlinde Turban

Euridice

Rachel Yakar

Rachel Yakar

Euridice (singing voice)

Trudeliese Schmidt

Trudeliese Schmidt

La Musica / Speranza

Roland Hermann

Roland Hermann

Apollo

Glenys Linos

Messaggera / Proserpina

Werner Gröschel

Plutone

Hans Franzen

Hans Franzen

Caronte