Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo

Contents

• Part I . Text and Context:
• 1. The Mantuan Orfeo Iain Fenlon;
• 2. The Orpheus myth and the libretto of Orfeo F. W. Sternfeld;
• 3. Orfeo, Act V: Alessandro Striggios's original ending John Whenham;
• 4. Five acts: one action John Whenham;
• Part II . The Rediscovery of Orfeo:
• 5. The rediscovery of Orfeo Nigel Fortune;
• 6. A review of vincent d'Indy's performance (Paris 1904) Romain Rolland;
• 7. Orpheus: the neoclassic vision Joseph Kerman;
• Part III . Re-creating Orfeo for the Modern Stage:
• 8. Solving the musical problems Jane Glover;
• 9. Telling the story David Freeman; Appendices.