Monteverdi might be surprised to find himself hailed as the inventor of the opera, and he disclaimed the role of revolutionary, but his Orfeo is a radical, innovative and extraordinary work The ...

The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

When Juilliard Opera and Juilliard415, the school's principal early instrument ensemble, gave what was billed as the New York staged premiere of Luigi Rossi's L'ORFEO last week, it made me think of ...

As theaters around the world went dark in March, Bienen’s spring production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” was just ramping up. Performing the opera in Cahn Auditorium was no longer an option, so ...

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo will be the next opera to be performed by the Silent Opera company, and will include wireless headphones and an open performance space. Silent Opera have announced their next ...

Studio Drift has created Ego, a kinetic sculpture made of 10 miles of ultra-fine nylon, for the Dutch National Touring Opera's production of L'Orfeo. The installation hangs above the heads of ...

In the bizarre and fascinating history of opera, composers unexpectedly appear who completely change the course of the art. It doesn’t happens overnight, and the musical trailblazer may not even know ...