1997 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
L’Orfeo
Music by Luigi Rossi (ca. 1597–1653)
Libretto by Francesco Buti (d. 1683)
June 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15, 1997
Emerson Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
June 1997
Tanglewood Summer Music Festival
Lenox, Massachusetts
August 1997
Drottningholm Court Theatre
Stockholm, Sweden
Paul O’Dette and 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
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 |
Chorus
Patrick Gnage, Randy Brent McGee, Mark Sprinkle & Jon Szabo
Dancers
Lorraine M. Chapman, Kathleen McNulty, Tina Marie Walczak, Christopher Alloways-Ramsey, Robert Miller Moore &
Robert Underwood
Orchestra
David Douglass, concertmaster
Judy Tarling, Ingrid Matthews, Christopher Verrette &
Julie Andrijeski, violin
Theresa Caudle*, Margriet Tindemans, Robert Mealy, Scott Metcalfe*,
Patrick Jordan & Jane Starkman, viola
Mark Caudle*, Emily Walhout, John Mark Rozendaal & Alice Robbins,
bass violin
Stephen Stubbs & Elizabeth Kenny, chitarrone
Paul O’Dette, archlute
Paul O’Dette, Elizabeth Kenny, Patrick O’Brien & Steve Player,
Spanish guitar
Peter Holman & Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord
Peter Holman, regal
Siobhán Armstrong, double harp
Erin Headley, lirone
Marilyn Boenau, Steven Lundahl, Mack Ramsey & Daniel Stillman,
shawms, sackbuts, recorders, cornetto & bassoon
John Grimes, percussion
