Orfeo

There are fleeting, elegantly integrated musical references from other operas: a snippet from Gluck's "Orfeo"; a phrase from the Queen of the Night.

Passion and Precision 2010

One of the undisputed highlights of the festival in the baroque gardens and two extant buildings is Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo" (June 4-6).

Art Pleasures in Baroque Gardens 2010

I had hopes for the "Orfeo," which featured the remarkable mezzo Stephanie Blythe, but the new casting ended up exposing even more of the production's weaknesses than its premiere did.

Do They Shine With New Stars? 2009

I'm staying in town tonight for a performance of Monteverdi's "Orfeo," so I dressed up a bit this morning.

Archive 2006-09-01 Will 2006

His memorable production of "Orfeo," though not remodelling the world at

Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

The opera "Orfeo," by Claudio Monteverde, a Cremonese, famous both as a composer and Violist, was represented in 1608.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

The ballate and canzonette of Poliziano have the true lyrical note, while his "Stanze per la Giostra" are impregnated with the spirit of Florentine painting, and his "Orfeo" handles a mythological subject in the style of a religious mystery play.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

"Orfeo", printed in 1609, has come down to us, and is quite sufficient to indicate the inventive powers of a musician who broke away from the trammels of the older school and created a school of his own.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

"Discurso poético contra el hablar culto y estilo obscuro", but he later succumbed to the influence of this noxious manner, amply illustrating its peculiarities in his poem "Orfeo" (Madrid, 1624) and even defending it in a special dissertation.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The autograph score was sent to London to make up, in a manner, for the non-performance of his "Orfeo" there in 1791.

Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902