# Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique at Davies Symphony Hall, April 27, 2015

[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2014-2015/John-Eliot-Gardiner-Orchestre-Revolutionnaire-et-R.aspx) presents [John Eliot Gardiner](http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about/gardiner) and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique with the Monteverdi Choir  
2015-04-27  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfsymphony.org)  
[201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Monday, April 27, 2015

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## One Set: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): _L’Orfeo, favola in musica_, SV 318, 1607

[8:06 PM lights down, announcements]

1.	[8:11 PM]	Prologue - Toccata
2.	[8:12 PM]	Prologue - Music: Ritornello - Dal mio Permesso amato
3.	[8:19 PM]	Act 1: Thrace - Shepherd: _In questo lieto e fortunato giorno_ - Chorus: _Vieni, Imeneo_ - Nymph: _Muse, onor di Parnasso_
4.	[8:23 PM]	Act 1: Thrace - Chorus: _Lasciate i monti_ - Shepherd: _Ma tu, gentil cantor_
5.	[8:25 PM]	Act 1: Thrace - Orfeo: _Rosa del ciel_ - Euridice: _Io non dirò qual sia_ - Chorus: _Lasciate i monti_ - Chorus: _Vieni, Imeneo_
6.	[8:31 PM]	Act 1: Thrace - Shepherd: _Ma se il nostro gioir_ - Chorus: _Alcun non sia che disperato_
7.	[8:36 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Sinfonia - Orfeo: _Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno_
8.	[8:37 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Shepherd: _Mira che sé n'alletta_ - Chorus: _Dunque fa degni, Orfeo_
9.	[8:39 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Ritornello - Orfeo: _Vi ricorda o bosch'ombrosi_
10.	[8:42 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Messenger: _Ahi, caso acerbo_
11.	[8:52 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Chorus: _Ahi, caso acerbo_ - Messenger: _Ma io, che in questa lingua_
12.	[8:55 PM]	Act 2: Thrace - Chorus: _Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?_
13.	[9:04 PM]	Act 3: Hades - Sinfonia - Orfeo: _Scorto da te, mio nume_ - _Ecco l'atra palude_ - Orfeo: _Dove, ah, dove te'n vai_
14.	[9:10 PM]	Act 3: Hades - Caronte: _O tu ch'innanzi morte_
15.	[9:15 PM]	Act 3: Hades - Orfeo: _Possente spirto_
16.	[9:23 PM]	Act 3: Hades - Caronte: _Ben mi lusinga_ - Orfeo: _Ahi, sventurato amante_ - Sinfonia - Orfeo: _Ei dorme_
17.	[9:29 PM]	Act 3: Hades - Sinfonia - Chorus of Infernal Spirits: _Nulla impresa per huom_
18.	[9:32 PM]	Act 4: Hades - Proserpina: _Signor, quel infelice_ - Plutone: _Benché severo_ - Chorus of Infernal Spirits: _O degli abitator_ - Proserpina: _Quali grazie ti rendo_ - Plutone: _Tue soavi parole_
19.	[9:39 PM]	Act 4: Hades - Chorus: _Pietade, oggi, e amore_ - Spirit: _Ecco il gentil cantor_
20.	[9:40 PM]	Act 4: Hades - Orfeo: _Qual onor di te_ - Orfeo: _O dolcissimi lumi_ - Spirit: _Rotto hai_
21.	[9:44 PM]	Act 4: Hades - Euridice: _Ahi, vista troppo dolce_ - Spirit: _Torn'a l'ombra_ - Orfeo: _Dove ten vai_
22.	[9:46 PM]	Act 4: Hades - Sinfonia - Chorus of Spirits: _É la virtite un raggio_
23.	[9:50 PM]	Act 5: Thrace - Ritornello - Orfeo: _Questi i campi di Tracia_
24.	[9:58 PM]	Act 5: Thrace - Sinfonia - Apollo: _Perch'a lo sdegno ed al dolor_
25.	[10:05 PM]	Act 5: Thrace - Ritornello - Chorus: _Vanne Orfeo felice a pieno_
26.	[10:06 PM]	Act 5: Thrace - Moresca (dance finale)  
[show ends 10:07 PM; applause and several curtain-less calls before all off at 10:12 PM]

## Performers

### Cast

* [Krystian Adam](http://krystianadam.com/) as _Shepherd 1_: tenor vox;
* Francesca Aspromonte as _Music_ and _Messenger_: soprano vox;
* [Francesca Boncompagni](http://www.francescaboncompagni.com/Intro.html) as _Proserpina_: soprano vox;
* [Esther Brazil](http://www.estherbrazil.com/) as _Nymph_: mezzo-soprano vox;
* [Gianluca Buratto](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gianluca-Buratto/162601540447744) as _Caronte_ and _Plutone_: bass vox;
* Mariana Flores as _Euridice_ and _Hope_: soprano vox;
* [James Hall](http://www.jdahall.com/) as _Shepherd 3_: countertenor vox;
* [Nicholas Mulroy](http://nicholasmulroy.com/) as _Shepherd 2_, _Spirit 1_ and _Apollo_: tenor vox;
* [David Shipley](http://intermusica.co.uk/artist/David-Shipley) as _Shepherd 4_ and _Spirit 3_: bass vox;
* [Andrew Tortise](http://www.andrewtortise.com/) as _Orfeo_: tenor vox;
* Gareth Treseder as _Spirit 2_ and _Echo_: tenor vox.

### Musicians: the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique

* [Sir John Eliot Gardiner](http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about/gardiner): conductor;  

* Rachel Beckett: recorder;
* Valerie Botwright: contrabass;
* Davina Clarke: second violin;
* Lisa Cochrane: viola;
* John Crockatt: viola;
* Iona Davies: first violin;
* Kati Debretzeni: first violin, violino piccolo;
* Györgyi Farkas: dulcian;
* Kinga Gáborjáni: viola da gamba;
* Michael Harrison: cornett, trumpet;
* James Johnstone: organ;
* Catherine Latham: recorder;
* Catherine Martin: first violin;
* Alex McCartney: chittarone;
* Robin Michael: cello;
* David Miller: chittarone;
* Benjamin Narvey: chittarone;
* Abigail Newman: sackbut;
* Fanny Paccoud: viola;
* Helen Roberts: cornett;
* Josías Rodríguez Gándara: chittarone;
* Oliver-John Ruthven: harpsichord;
* Martyn Sanderson: sackbut;
* Stephen Saunders: sackbut;
* Anne Schumann: second violin, violino piccolo;
* Marion Scott: recorder;
* Miguel Tantos Sevilliano: sackbut;
* Richard Thomas: cornett, trumpet;
* Oliver Webber: second violin;
* Gwyneth Wentink: harp;
* Adam Woolf: principal sackbut;
* Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz: viola.

### Monteverdi Choir

* Emily Armour: soprano vox;
* Charlotte Ashley: soprano vox;
* Alex Ashworth: bass vox;
* Jessica Cale: soprano vox;
* Robert Davies: bass vox;
* Peter Davoren: tenor vox;
* Sarah Denbee: alto vox;
* Samuel Evans: bass vox;
* Peter Harris: tenor vox;
* Angela Hicks: soprano vox;
* Alison Hill: soprano vox;
* Gwendolen Martin: soprano vox;
* Eleanor Meynell: soprano vox;
* Jake Muffett: bass vox;
* Graham Neal: tenor vox;
* Simon Ponsford: alto vox;
* Rupert Reid: bass vox;
* Nicholas Robertson: tenor vox;
* Kate Symonds Joy: alto vox;
* Katie Thomas: soprano vox;
* Lawrence Wallington: bass vox;
* Richard Wyn Roberts: alto vox.

## Notes

Wow, what a knock out performance! Although it wasn't presented as a staged opera, the singers delivered just enough stage craft to push the storyline of the work along without sets or anything more than simple adornments to their clothes instead of costumes. The singing was glorious from top to bottom of the roster, commencing with an amazingly engaging song and dance routine from the adorable Francesca Aspromonte as the personification of music to commence the night. Of course the Orchestre was darn good too, and had obviously been drilled to a T -- a crack ensemble that I'd like to hear again if I get the chance!

Stephen Smoliar posted a nice [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/john-eliot-gardiner-brings-seventeenth-century-entertainment-to-davies) for the Examiner.

Neils Swinkels posted an interesting [interview](https://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/john-eliot-gardiner-monteverdi-is-the-shakespeare-of-music) with John Gardiner at SFCV.

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