Word: orfeo
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...Agassiz Theatre DATES: Nov. 10 – Nov 12 DIRECTOR: Joshua H. Billings ’07 PRODUCERS: Emily C. Richmond '06 and Michael V. Givey '06Continuing their successful track record after last year’s much-praised production of “L’Orfeo,” The Harvard Early Music Society (HEMS) again impressed audiences with polished artistry in the weekend performance of two operatic works: “Les Plaisirs De Versailles” and “Actéon.” True to its origins, the work by composer Marc...
...Harvard Early Music Society presents Montverdi’s famous opera, L’Orfeo, featuring Libretto by Alessandro Strigglio. Often referred to as the “first great opera,” Montverdi’s musical tale of the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice will be performed by a group of Harvard faculty and undergraduates, along with early music professionals from the area. Tickets $20, $9 for students, available at the Harvard Box office and online. Friday, Saturday at 8 p.m. Horner Room, Agassiz Theater...
...community has been very “open,” but I would argue that the separate areas of artistic interest might benefit from working together a bit more. There tends to be little opportunity for fusion among the various artistic fields. In that sense, L’Orfeo has offered a wonderful stage on which to blend my love of theatre and music...
Well, unfortunately, I was not able to go out and experience life as a goddess, or explore the underworld to get a “feel” for what [the goddess, my character in L’Orfeo] Speranza must have really felt. Preparation for this role ultimately involved educating myself on the particular style of music. I knew shamefully little going into this project, but to be able to perform this type of music, I really had to work to grasp the method behind it (not that I am claiming to have become an expert...
What was it like to have someone like Knafel Professor of Music Thomas F. Kelley, who is so accustomed to teaching about and intimately familiar with the authentic L’Orfeo opera, play a main role in the staging of this production? Was there a great deal of attention paid to detail...