Theopera at the 67th Spoleto Festival: Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice according to Damiano Michieletto

Ahead of the official press conference, Festival dei Due Mondi unveils one of the most anticipated events on its schedule. Edition 67, scheduled from June 28 to July 14, 2024, brings to Spoleto theopera Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, on a libretto in Italian by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, a title among the most beloved and performed in director Damiano Michieletto's personal reinterpretation. The new production, produced in collaboration with the Komische Oper in Berlin where it was staged in January 2022, is scheduled for the sixty-seventh edition of the Festival at the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti (July 5 and 6, 2024), with sets by Paolo Fantin, costumes by Klaus Bruns and dramaturgy by Simon Berger. The musical performance is by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Vocalconsort Berlin Chorus, led from Antonello Manacorda and joined from by an international cast. Raffaele Pe plays Orpheus, Nadja Mchantaf is on stage as Eurydice, Josefine Mindus as Amore. They are joined by dancers Alessandra Bizzarri, Ana Dordevic and Claudia Greco, led by choreographer Thomas Wilhelm. David Cavelius is chorus director. Lighting is by Alessandro Carletti.