| Friday 28 April 2023 | 19:30 |
to Saturday 28 October 2023 12:00
| Staatsoper Hannover | ||
| David Bates | Conductor | |
| Silvia Costa | Director, Set Designer | |
| Michele Taborelli | Set Designer | |
| Laura Dondoli | Costume Designer | |
| Bernd Purkrabek | Lighting Designer | |
| Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover | ||
| Chor der Staatsoper Hannover | ||
| Antonio Cuenca Ruiz | Dramaturgy | |
| Martin Mutschler | Dramaturgy | |
| Luvuyo Mbundu | Baritone | Orfeo (Orpheus) |
| Nikki Treurniet | Soprano | Euridice (Eurydice), La musica (Music) |
| Nils Wanderer | Countertenor | La speranza (Hope), Pastore 3 (Shepherd 3) |
| Nina van Essen | Mezzo-soprano | Proserpina (Proserpine), La messaggiera (Messenger) |
| Richard Walshe | Bass | Plutone (Pluto) |
| Markus Suihkonen | Bass | Caronte (Charon) |
| Marco Lee | Tenor | Apollo |
| Petra Radulovic | Soprano | Ninfa (Nymph) |
| Philipp Kapeller | Tenor | Pastore 1 (Shepherd 1) |
| Pawel Brozek | Tenor | Pastore 2 (Shepherd 2) |
When he sings, the animals stop and listen; Orpheus can literally melt stone. To find Eurydice, who disappears on their wedding day, this master of harmony must charm the underworld with his musical talent. Orpheus’s appeals convince Pluto to free Eurydice, under certain conditions. But when this gifted and infallible hero fails, he must live on with the consequences.
Live on the opening night, Staatsoper Hannover presents Orfeo, the cruel story of a great love. Orpheus cannot get over the death of his beloved; he longs and yearns for her and loses himself in loops of loss. Following the success of Like Flesh in Lille, director Silvia Costa and her team tackle Monteverdi’s masterpiece. Often using otherworldly images in her work, Costa imagines an enigmatic universe of dreams and hallucinations, of colours and symbols where Orpheus is bereft and disorientated. The production is conducted by baroque specialist David Bates, who brought Trionfo splendidly to life in Hannover and on OperaVision.
