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1997 Festival
France & Italy: A Tale of
Two Countries
June 10-15, 1997
Fully-staged
Operatic Centerpiece
L’Orfeo
Music by Luigi Rossi (c. 1597-1653)
Libretto by Francesco Buti (d. 1683)
Paul
O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic
Directors
Jack Edwards, Stage Director
Peter Holman, Orchestra Director
Robin Linklater, Set & Costume
Designer
Lucy Graham, Choreographer &
Movement Adviser
L. Stacy Eddy, Lighting Designer
Costumes provided by the Drottningholm Court Theatre,
Stockholm, Sweden
Cast,
in order of appearance
Jan Opalach, Augure
James Taylor, Endimione
Cyndia Sieden, Euridice
Laura Pudwell, Nutrice & Bacco
Ellen Hargis, Orfeo
Jennifer Lane, Aristeo
Curtis Streetman, Satiro
Suzie LeBlanc, Wanda Procyshyn & Nancy Mayer,
Le Tre Grazie & Le Tre Parche
Christine Brandes, Amore
Susanne Peck, Benere
William Hite, Momo & Caronte
Alan Bennett, Apollo & Giove
Wanda Procyshyn, Imeneo
Meredith Hall, Giunone
Olof Lilja, Vecchia, La Gelosia
& Plutone
Nancy Mayer, Il Sospetto
Susie LeBlanc, Proserpina
Eleonora Fuser, Serva di Euridice
& Diavolo
Steve Player, Musicista al Matrimonio
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
June 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
Emerson Majestic Theatre, Boston
Individual
Concerts
The Orlando Consort
The Art of Mediæval Polyphony
Sarah Cunningham & Margriet Tindemans,
viols;
Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord
Angels & Devils: Music for Bass Viols &
Harpsichord
Rossi L’Orfeo Renaissance Violin Band
Peter Holman, director
Pour les Violons du Roy: French Orchestral Music
from Beaujoyeux to Lully
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempé, director
Mythologies & Homages
Trio Sonnerie
with guest artist Wilbert Hazelzet,
traverso
Conversations Galantes et Amusantes
Mala Punica
Pedro Memelsdorff, director
Tal per Sonar: Instrumental Tablatures in the Italian
Trecento
William Porter & Gary Cooper, harpsichords
Dueling Harpsichords
Late
Night Concerts
The
Parley of Instruments
Pour le Coucher du Roy: Late-night Chamber Music
at the French Court
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs,
lutes
Il Divino: The Lute Music of Francesco Canova da
Milano (1497-1543)
The Orlando Consort
Johannes Ockeghem (d. 1497): A True Image of Orpheus
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs & Erin Headley, directors
Festa Italiana
Masterclasses
Monica
Huggett, violin
Ellen Hargis, voice
Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba
Wilbert Hazelzet, traverso
Pedro Memelsdorff, recorder
Stephen Stubs, lute & theorbo
William Porter, harpsichord improvisation
Symposia
Recording
Seminar Part I: Æsthetics & Mechanics
Recording Seminar Part II: Unflinching Realities
Staging Rossi’s L’Orfeo
France & Italy: A Tale of Two Countries
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