Monteverdi, l’inventeur de l’opéra
Documentary
Lecture & Discussion
Sat 21
Oct
2017
-17.00
| start | 17.00 |
| expected end time | 18.05 |
All prices include booking fees.
An eyewitness to turbulent 17th-century Italy
On 24 February, 1607, in the Ducal Palace in Mantua, the premiere took place of what was probably the very first opera: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. This documentary - produced for cultural TV channel Arte - follows the composer of this innovation’s long journey, via documents, locations and especially music. In dialogue with present-day performers, it paints a portrait that reads like a novel. In his 76 years of life, Monteverdi got to know, among others, Veronesi and Galileo, and got to read Cervantes’ first editions.
programme
Length: 52 minutes
Sat 21
Oct
2017
-17.00
| start | 17.00 |
| expected end time | 18.05 |
All prices include booking fees.
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