L'Orfeo
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.
Jean-Pierre PonnelleDirector
Alessandro StriggioWriter
Top Billed Cast
Philippe Huttenlocher
Orfeo
Dietlinde Turban
Euridice
Rachel Yakar
Euridice (singing voice)
Trudeliese Schmidt
La Musica / Speranza
Roland Hermann
Apollo
Hans Franzen
Caronte
Francisco Araiza
Pastor 2 / Spirito 1
Christian Boesch
Pastor 4
