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SUMMARY:Monteverdi's Orfeo
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Monteverdi's Orfeo=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441653541=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2012-11-24=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2012-11-25=0D=0A=0D=0AThe “popular tradition among local early music fans” (The Boston Globe) continues over Thanksgiving weekend with the fifth annual BEMF Chamber Opera Series presentation: a new production of Monteverdi's Orfeo.=0D=0A=Widely regarded as the first great opera, Orfeo features one of opera's most adored stories, in which the heroic Orfeo endures the tragic death of his beloved Euridice, and travels to the underworld to plead for her return.=0D=0A=Breathtaking in its beauty and variety, this masterpiece defined an art form still in its infancy with rich instrumental colors, dramatic word painting, and a virtuosic opulence of tone and texture. Experience this magical musical entertainment, exquisitely presented by the internationally acclaimed directors, singers, instrumentalists, and dancers of the Boston Early Music Festival!=0D=0A=Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors=0D=0A=Gilbert Blin, Stage Director=0D=0A=Anna Watkins, Costume Designer=0D=0A=Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer=0D=0A=Lenore Doxsee, Lighting Designer=0D=0A=Robert Mealy, concertmaster=0D=0A=Featuring:=0D=0A=Aaron Sheehan, Orfeo=0D=0A=Teresa Wakim, Ninfa and Proserpina=0D=0A=Mireille Asselin, La Musica and Euridice=0D=0A=Shannon Mercer, Messagiera=0D=0A=Ryland Angel, Pastore I and Speranza=0D=0A=Jason McStoots, Pastore II and Apollo=0D=0A=Charles Blandy, Pastore III=0D=0A=Olivier Laquerre, Plutone=0D=0A=Douglas Williams, Pastore IV and Caronte=0D=0A=BEMF CHAMBER ENSEMBLE=0D=0A=CONCERTO PALATINO, directed by Bruce Dickey, cornetto and Charles Toet, Baroque trombone=0D=0A=Carlos Fittante, Dancer
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