Orfeo, la favola d'
Classification added May 16, 2016Premiered February 24, 1607
Mantua. Academia Degl'Invaghiti
Composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
Original Language:
Italian
Librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
Description:
Opera in Five Acts and Prologue
Notes:
based on the myth in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Time Period:
Mythological Times
Place:
The fields of Thrace; the Underworld
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Orfeo | Baritone or Tenor | L |
| Messaggera (Messenger) | Mezzo-Soprano | F |
| La Musica/La Speranza | Soprano | F |
| La Musica (Alone) | Soprano | S |
| La Speranza (Alone) | Soprano | S |
| Euridice | Soprano | S |
| Caronte (Charon) | Bass | S |
| Plutone (Pluto) | Bass | S |
| Proserpina | Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano | S |
| La Ninfa (Nymph) | Soprano | S |
| Apollo | Tenor | S |
| 1st Shepherd (Apollo/1st Shepherd - performed by one artist = Feature) | Tenor | S |
| 2nd Shepherd | Tenor | S |
| 3rd Shepherd | Tenor | S |
| 2nd Shepherd/2nd Spirit | Tenor | S |
| 3rd Shepherd/1st Spirit | Tenor | S |
| 4th Shepherd | Bass | B |
| 1st Spirit | Tenor | B |
| 2nd Spirit | Tenor | B |
| Echo (L'eco) | Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano | B |
| 5th Shepherd | B | |
| 3rd Spirit | B | |
| Two Nymphs | B | |
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Minimum Chorus: 24
Divisi: SATB