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CU Opera Society presents Orfeo

Venue: ADC Theatre
Date: 31 Jan 2009 - 19:45
End Date: 31 Jan 2009 - 22:30
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"Baying creatures of the underworld, the descent Apollo from on high and woven through all, the power of music so beauteous it charms even the gods"
Cambridge University Opera Society presents Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera and Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble in a fully-staged version of the 1607 Claudio Monteverdi operatic masterpiece.

 

Join Orpheus on his perilous journey to Pluto's realm where he, ravaged by grief, seeks to rescue his beloved wife, Euridice. Accompanied only by Hope and his magical lyre, Orpheus sets out upon a timeless tale of Love so strong it vies to overcome even Death. But will Pluto heed his pleas? Will Orpheus' own weakness prove his very undoing?

As vibrant today as it was in 1607, the world's first true opera bursts into life on the ADC stage in a brand new English translation. Brought to you by Cambridge's finest young singers and a large, dazzling period-instrument orchestra, Monteverdi's music alternately delights and twists at the heart, by turns ethereal and virtuosic.

Booking Info:
£12/£10/£7 from www.adctheatre.com or tel 01223 300085

Ticket info £7-£12
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