Borrowing from the 1606 opera by Claudio Monteverdi, Orfeo 2018 retells the classic story of love, loss, and struggle in modern day Washington Heights.
Promotion by Higher Ground Festival
Video by Temple Kemezis
Musical director: Chris Whittaker
Playwright: Suzanne Lorge
Concept: Sig Rosen and Suzanne Lorge
Choreography: Julia Bengtsson
Orfeo: Ethan Fran
Euridice: Julia Bengtsson
Narrator: Michael Sazonov
Pastore: Carolina Ide
Messengeria: Suzanne Lorge
Dance Ensemble: Abby Marchesseault, Eizabeth Seibel, Hanna Oldsman, Jose Losadas
Music: Claudio Monteverdi
Chorus: Members of the Renaissance Chorus Association
and Fort Washington Collegiate Church Community Choir
Piano: Chris Whittaker
Guitar: Andrew Hartman
Flute: Anna Urrey