Fri 25 Apr
|Normansfield Theatre
Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo
Richmond Opera presents a new staging of one of the first great operas, Monteverdi’s Orfeo, based on the Greek legend of Orpheus.
Time & Location
25 Apr 2025, 19:30 – 21:30
Normansfield Theatre, Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS, UK
About the event
Performance dates:
Friday 25th April 2025 7.30 pm
Saturday 26th April 2025 at 7.30 pm
Sunday 27th April 2025 at 2.30 pm
On their wedding day, Orfeo and Euridice revel in the joy of their love. Their happiness is shattered when Euridice is fatally bitten by a snake. Orfeo, fuelled by passion and armed only with the power of his music, resolves to journey into the Underworld to bring back his beloved.
Conductor: Lindsay Bramley
Stage Director: Patricia Gómez
With the Richmond Opera baroque orchestra, soloists and chorus.
Sung in English.
Orfeo by arrangement with Chester Music Ltd. Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. English translation by Anne Ridler. John Eliot Gardiner edition.
Tickets £24 (£12 for under-18s)
Book online or call 0333 666 3366
