Orfeo (film)
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| Directed by | Claude Goretta |
| Written by | Claude Goretta Alessandro Striggio (libretto) |
| Starring | Gino Quilico |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| Music by | Claudio Monteverdi |
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| Language | Italian |
Orfeo is a 1985 opera film co-written and directed by Claude Goretta. A co-production between Switzerland, Italy, France and Canada, it is an adaptation of the opera L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi.[1][2] It premiered out of competition at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival.[3][4]
Plot
Cast
- Gino Quilico as Orfeo
- Audrey Michael as Euridice / Speranza / Éco
- Carolyn Watkinson as the messenger
- Danielle Borst as Proserpina
- Frangiskos Voutsinis as Plutone / Caronte
- Colette Alliot-Lugaz as Music
- Éric Tappy as Apollo
- François Le Roux as the spirit / a shepherd
- Shelley Whittingham as the nymph
- Guy de Mey as a shepherd
- Henri Ledroit as a shepherd
References
- ↑ Pescatore, Guglielmo (2001). La voce e il corpo: l'opera lirica al cinema. Campanotto. p. 95. ISBN 978-88-456-0397-6.
- ↑ Rey, Anne (1 September 1986). "La mélodie des regards". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2026.
- ↑ Edna. (11 September 1985). "Orfeo". Variety. Vol. 320, no. 7. p. 20.
- ↑ Grazzini, Giovanni (7 September 1985). "Gran finale sulle note di Mozart Gluck e Monteverdi". Corriere della Sera. p. 19.