Orfeo

The renowned ensembles Sasha Waltz & Guests, the Freiburger BarockConsort and Vocalconsort Berlin are collaborating on a joint production of Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “L’Orfeo”, scheduled to premiere in 2014. Celebrated as one of the masterpieces of European music history, the opera is also the first known example of “favola in musica”– an early operatic form which regarded instrumental music, vocals, dance and dramatic performance as a whole.
The aim of the project “Orfeo” is to translate Monteverdi’s themes into Sasha Waltz’s genre of choreographic opera using contemporary means. The project will begin by establishing a language of movement – in other words, a choreographic score to accompany the musical score, the interaction of which will merge dance, vocals, instrumental music and stage design into a single unit.
Produced in Berlin and Amsterdam, this cooperative venture by three independent ensembles will be developed and performed internationally by a European network of opera and co-production partners in Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Bergen, Baden-Baden, Lille and Berlin.

Choreographer / Director: Sasha Waltz
Musical director: Pablo Heras-Casado (ES)
Stage design: Alexander Schwarz
Costume design: Beate Borrmann
Vocalists: Georg Nigl (AT), Charlotte Hellekant (SE), Anna-Lucia Richter, Luciana Mancini (SE/RCH), Konstantin Wolff, Douglas Williams (US), Julián Millán (ES), Cécile Kempenaers (BE), Kevin Skelton (BE), Kaspar Kröner, Hans Wijers
Ensembles: Vocalconsort Berlin (chorus), Freiburger BarockConsort (orchestra), Sasha Waltz & Guests (dance)

Additional Venues:

03/05/06 Sept. 2014 Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera
05/07/09 Dec. 2014 Luxemburg, Grand Théatre
10 June 2015 Bergen International Festival
01/02/03/05/06 July 2015 Staatsoper im Schillertheater
20/21/23/24 May 2016 Lille Opera

Additional Performances are planned.