Overview
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.
Cast
- Philippe Huttenlocher as Orfeo
- Dietlinde Turban as Euridice
- Rachel Yakar as Euridice (singing voice)
- Trudeliese Schmidt as La Musica / Speranza
- Roland Hermann as Apollo
- Glenys Linos as Messaggera / Proserpina
- Werner Gröschel as Plutone
- Hans Franzen as Caronte
- Suzanne Calabro as Ninfa
- Peter Keller as Pastor 1