Opera Archive
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L’Orfeo, 14 June 2026
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Librettist: Alessandro Striggio
Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Cast
La Musica / Euridice: Francesca Aspromonte
Shepherd / Spirit: Hugo Hymas
Orfeo: Krystian Adam
Ninfa: Henna Mun
Shepherd / Spirit: Kieron-Connor Valentine
Shepherd / Spirit: Hugo Herman-Wilson
Shepherd / Spirit: Florian Störtz
Messaggera / La Speranza: Xenia Puskarz Thomas
Caronte: Callum Thorpe
Proserpina: Leia Lensing
Plutone: Davide Giangregorio
Apollo: Caspar Singh
Echo: Simon Mascarenhas Carter
Dancer (Euridice): Roseline Wilkens
Dancer: Thulani Chauke
Actor: Nick Frentz
Production Team
Director: William Kentridge
Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen
Costume Designer: Greta Goiris
Associate Director: Luc De Wit
Choreographer: Gregory Maqoma
Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum
Video Designer: Janus Fouché
Chorus Director: Aidan Oliver
Assistant Conductor: Robert Howarth
Assistant Director: Donna Stirrup