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Festival of Baroque Music 1993

BBC Radio 3
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Monteverdi's Orfeo is not really an opera but a "favola in musica" - a fable set to music. Nevertheless,
Monteverdi drew on all his rich experience as a madrigal composer to create a compellingly dramatic version of the ancient myth. Presented by Donald Macleod. Sung in Italian.
Combattimento
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts/David Roblou
(Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea next Saturday at 7.05pm)

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Orfeo/Director:
Mark Tucker(tenor)
Eurydice:
Kym Amps (soprano)
MusiclNymph:
Susan Gritton(soprano)
Messenger/Proserpine:
Gloria Banditelli(mezzo)
Apollo /Shepherd 2:
Fulvlo Bettini(baritone)
Charon/Shepherd 4:
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Pluto:
Furio Zanasi(bass-Bar)
Hope:
Nicholas Clapton(countertenor)
Echo/Sltepherd3:
Rodrigo Del Pozo(tenor)
Shepherd II Spirit:
Lynton Atkinson(bar)
Source: Radio Times

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