L'Orfeo
14 June – 25 July
When death claims his wife on their wedding day, Orpheus must brave the Underworld to rescue her. Can his music move the gods themselves? A classic myth brings together Monteverdi’s powerfully expressive score and a new staging by artist and Olivier Award-winning director William Kentridge.
Jonathan Cohen will conduct the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Featuring a cast of period specialists including Krystian Adam as Orfeo, Francesca Aspromonte as La Musica/Euridice, Leia Lensing as Proserpina, Callum Thorpe as Caronte and Davide Giangregorio as Plutone. See full cast and creative team details here.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Performance dates
Creative team
Conductor
Jonathan Cohen
Director
William Kentridge
Set Designer
Sabine Theunissen
Costume Designer
Greta Goiris
Choreographer
Gregory Maqoma
Lighting Designer
Urs Schöenbaum
Video Designer
Janus Fouche
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast includes
Orfeo
Krystian Adam
La Musica / Euridice
Francesca Aspromonte
Messaggera
Xenia Puskarz Thomas
Proserpina
Leia Lensing
La Speranza
Kieron-Connor Valentine
Caronte
Callum Thorpe
Plutone
Davide Giangregorio
The music in these performances is by King’s Music Edition. Edition by Clifford Bartlett published by The Early Music Company.
Support led by Jon and Julia Aisbitt, Dunard Fund
and André and Rosalie Hoffmann
To find out more about production support for Festival 2026 here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 013308 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Anton Karpenko/500px/Getty Images. Image design by Louise Richardson
