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He names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Papageno and Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Career. Born in Vienna, Nigl was a soprano soloist with the Wiener Sängerknaben. He studied voice at the Musikhochschule Wien with Margaretha Sparber and Rolf Sartorius, and Lied at the Konservatorium Wien with David Lutz .
traditions to create the grounding for opera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo. In order to examine Monteverdi’s use of Renaissance musical qualities in Orfeo, one must also survey his prior impactful compositions. In his early years as a composer, Monteverdi used the Renaissance polyphonic writing style to create what is known as the madrigal. 5
Apollo (tenor) Chorus. Nymphs and shepherds (soprano, alto, 2 tenors - also soli, Acts I, II, V) Infernal spirits (2 tenors, bass - also soli, Acts III, IV) Orchestra (Monteverdi's) 2 cornettos, 4 trumpets, 5 trombones. 2 recorders, 2 piccolo violins. 10 members of the violin family (viole da brazzo) in 2 groups.
Introduction. L'Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo, is an early Baroque favola in musica, or opera (sometimes considered late Renaissance), by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his ...
Claudio Monteverdi (b.Cremona, 1567; d. Venice 25 November 1643) was the most important composer of the early Baroque period. He lived at a time of great change in musical style. The first opera ever written was composed in 1597 by a composer named Jacopo Peri. Just eleven years later Monteverdi wrote an opera Orfeo which was a really great work.
About the opera L' Orfeo. L'Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called L'Orfeo, favola in musica, is an early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world.
The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. A specialist Baroque ensemble , the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the Renaissance period to Classical music of the ...
