Where to Watch Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2018)

Summary

New Belgrade Opera and Opera-Theater "Madlenianum" (Serbia) presented their first Monteverdi opera "L'Incoronatione di Poppea" in 2014 to great acclaim. And now in 2017, just three years later and in the year that celebrates the 450th anniversary of the great composer's birth, they embarked on a journey to put together the first performance of Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" in Serbia ever - a piece generally acknowledged as "the first opera". Written in 1607, Monteverdi's use of vocal and orchestral colors, played on period instruments of the time, put the basis for the further development of opera as a genre, and his expert vocal writing inspired generations to come. The archaic sound of period instruments, expert coaching and musical direction by Marijana Mijanovic and Predrag Gosta, and sublime stage direction by German director Daniel Pfluger provide an opportunity to enjoy this music in the manner as the composer intended it.