l'ORFEO Monteverdi

L'ORFEO
by Claudio Monteverdi

Jordi Savall Conductor
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI

Gilbert Deflo Director
William Orlandi Designer
Veronica Endo Choreographer

..."full-blown, though not overblown, with sumptuous settings by designer William Orlandi; breathtakingly atmospheric and evocative lighting by Bruno Boyer; ultra-stylish period choreography by Veronica Endo; Gilbert Deflo's wonderfully sensitive stage direction, itself a miracle of economic expressiveness; and, of course, the playing and singing of Jordi Savall's Capella Reial and Le Concert des Nations - a choir and orchestra to die for - along with a battery of soloists who teased every curvaceous line in Monteverdi's expressive, almost sensual music and text"....