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L'Orfeo

Production Archive

2010-2011
Scipione Affricano poster Scipione Affricano

The great general conquers Africa, but not his own heart.

An opera by Francesco Cavalli
with a libretto by Nicolo Minato

Musical direction by Grant Herreid
Orchestral direction by Robert Mealy
Stage direction by Toni...

2009-2010
La Finta Pazza La Finta Pazza

(The feigning mad woman)

An opera by Francesco Sacrati
with a libretto by Giulio Strozzi
First presented in Venice in 1641

Based on an edition by Lorenzo Bianconi and Luciano Sgrizzi, with 
permission of the family...

Le tre Stagioni Le tre Stagioni

a pastiche of selections from operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel

conceived by Ellen Rosand, Richard Lalli, and Michael Rigsby

Musical direction by Grant Herreid and Richard Lalli
Orchestral direction by Robert...

2008-2009
Giasone Giasone

An opera by Francesco Cavalli
with a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini

Ellen Rosand, Executive Director
Richard Lalli, Producer
Music Direction by Grant Herreid
Stage Direction by Toni Dorfman

Scenery...

Capriccio Barocco Capriccio Barocco

An operatic entertainment with music by Francesco Cavalli

Ellen Rosand, Executive Director
Richard Lalli, Artistic Director
Robert Mealy director of the Yale Collegium Players
Musical Direction by Charles Weaver
Stage...

2007-2008
L'Orfeo L'Orfeo

an opera by Claudio Monteverdi
with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Ellen Rosand, Executive Director
Richard Lalli, Artistic Director
Stage Direction by Ethan Heard
With graduate and undergraduate singers
The Yale...

Ardo, Ardo Ardo, Ardo

Monteverdi in Motion

Ellen Rosand, Executive Director
Richard Lalli, Artistic Director
Conceived and produced by Richard Lalli
Stage Direction by Ethan Heard
With undergraduate singers and Yaledancers
The...