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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Teatro alla Scala

2009 · 112 min

A stately, stylised staged opera where luminous singing and dreamlike tableaux unfold at a ceremonial, contemplative pace.

Directed by
Emanuele Garofalo, Robert Wilson
Genres
Music
Starring
Roberta Invernizzi, Georg Nigl, Sara Mingardo
Overview
Rinaldo Alessandrini, one of the most eminent baroque and pre-baroque music specialist, conducts Monteverdi's Orfeo, performed by singers who have been working with the Maestro for many years, and who now play in the middle of Robert Wilson's fairy sets...

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Directed by
Emanuele Garofalo, Robert Wilson
Genres
Music
Starring
Roberta Invernizzi, Georg Nigl, Sara Mingardo
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • death
  • fate
  • art
Places
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Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism3
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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