Early Music Guild Baroque Opera: L'Orfeo February 7, 2009

Directly from Milan with Italian soloists, chorus and 30-piece period instrument orchestra, this production has garnered ecstatic reviews throughout Europe. Composed in 1607, L'Orfeo was both Monteverdi's first music drama and Europe's first great operatic masterpiece. It retells the story of the musician Orpheus and his quest to bring his beloved Eurydice back from the depths of the Underworld through the enchanting power of his music.