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.

• Alessandro StriggioWriter
• Claudio MonteverdiOriginal Music Composer
• Jean-Pierre PonnelleDirector

• Philippe HuttenlocherOrfeo
• Dietlinde TurbanEuridice
• Rachel YakarEuridice (singing voice)
• Trudeliese SchmidtLa Musica / Speranza
• Roland HermannApollo
• Glenys LinosMessaggera / Proserpina
• Werner GröschelPlutone
• Hans FranzenCaronte
• Suzanne CalabroNinfa
• Peter KellerPastor 1
• Francisco AraizaPastor 2 / Spirito 1
• Rudolf HartmannPastor 3 / Spirito 2