NRC ★★★★ “Enchantingly beautiful L'Orfeo”
Volkskrant ★★★★ “Singers and dancers wave across the stage like one organism”
Trouw ★★★★ “Stunning in every way”
Cultuurpers: "This wonderful performance deserves to go on an international tour."
Place de l’Opera: “This total work of art meets all the conditions for bringing Monteverdi's original opera to the limelight for a contemporary audience.
The story of Orpheus in the underworld is about us all. We all have something of Orpheus in us. Who would not want to turn back the clock every now and then and stick to the happiness of the past? That is why the Orpheus story has always inspired artists of all times.
For this staging, director Monique Wagemakers, choreographer Nanine Linning, designer Lonneke Gordijn from Studio Drift and fashion designer Marlou Breuls created L’ORFEO for the Nederlandse Reisopera. Their vision is that of a Gesamtkunstwerk; stage direction, choreography, sculpture, costume and music are completely merged together.
Nanine Linning and Monique Wagemakers forged the ten singers and ten dancers into one homogeneous group that is permanently on stage. Together with the moving installation "Ego" by artist Lonneke Gordijn (Studio DRIFT) they form a living organism and ever-changing stage image in dialogue with the fantastic music of Claudio Monteverdi.
The tight-fitting mesh costumes by designer Marlou Breuls form a line play with the projections and with the light design by Thomas Hase. The musical direction is in the hands of conductor Hernán Schvartzman (OPERA2DAY) and the opera is accompanied by baroque ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa.
L’ORFEO (1607)
Favola in musica
Music: Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto: Alessandro Striggio
L’Orfeo (Monteverdi) is an opera production by de Nederlandse Reisopera (Dutch National Touring Opera) and a coproduction with Studio Drift and Opera2Day, in collaboration with Dance Company Nanine Linning
Concept: Monique Wagemakers, Lonneke Gordijn, Nanine Linning
Conductor: Hernán Schvartzman, Opera2Day
Director: Monique Wagemakers
Choreographer: Nanine Linning
Installation “Ego”: Lonneke Gordijn Studio Drift
Costumes: Marlou Breuls
Orchestra: La Sfera Armoniosa
Artistic advice to Nanine Linning: Peggy Olislaegers
Assistent to choreographer: Mikaela Polley
Singers: Samuel Boden, Luciana Mancini, Yannis Francois, Alex Rosen, Kristen Witmer, Laurence Kilsby, Kevin Skelton, Luciá Martín Carton, Nils Wanderer, Damien Pass
Dance Company Nanine Linning: Kyle Patrick, Boglarka Heim, Mirko De Campi, Hang-Cheng Lee, Anna Süheyla Harms, Kimmie Marie Cumming, Demi-Carlin Aarts, Milan van Ettekoven, Sergio Indiveri, Luca Cappai
