Opera matinée: Rossi's L'Orfeo: Thursday 22 November

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2.00pm
Following last week's triumph with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, another opera inspired by the same ancient myth of the shepherd who loses his wife Eurydice and goes to the Underworld to fetch her. From the Opera National Bordeaux, in a recording made last year, Luigi Rossi's tragi-comic opera in 3 acts and a prologue, with the soprano Judith van Waroij in the title role.
Presented by Penny Gore

Pygmalion Ensemble
Raphaël Pichon, conductor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00017lk

[Harryleo]

Before marrying her love, Orfeo, the beautiful Euridice consults the oracle, who warns them of bad omens surrounding in their futures. Despite the oracle's words, the two lovers move forward with their plans, driven by an unbounded love. Their marriage upsets Venus, who wanted Euridice to marry her protégé Aristeo, and the goddess's anger soon bears fruit: Euridice is bitten by a snake and dies. The desperate Orfeo decides to journey to the Underworld to rescue her. The god of the Underworld agrees to give Euridice back to him,

[doversoul1]

Before marrying her love, Orfeo, the beautiful Euridice consults the oracle, who warns them of bad omens surrounding in their futures. Despite the oracle's words, the two lovers move forward with their plans, driven by an unbounded love. Their marriage upsets Venus, who wanted Euridice to marry her protégé Aristeo, and the goddess's anger soon bears fruit: Euridice is bitten by a snake and dies. The desperate Orfeo decides to journey to the Underworld to rescue her. The god of the Underworld agrees to give Euridice back to him,

Welcome to the Forum. Did/do you enjoy the music?

I thought this was very enjoyable and the last aria was sublime.