Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Goethe Choir presents a concert performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Freemason's Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 on Saturday 23 March, starting at 8pm. Written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua, L'Orfeo is the earliest surviving opera that is still regularly performed. Soloists include Matthew Long (Orfeo) Sharon Carty ( Euridice) John Elwes (Apollo) Siobhán Armstrong on Harp and Paul Herriot narrates.