Opera had only just come into being when Monteverdi created hisOrfeo, subtitled"a fable in music." In his music, it was no longer the rules of Renaissance composition that governed the composer, but rather the passions of the characters he set to music, in a sung recitation very close to speech, the famousrecitarcantando. It was a veritable revolution that would open the door to all Baroque music.

Les Epopées offer a version dominated by emotion, very close to theatrical declamation, enriched by a large instrumental ensemble in keeping with Monteverdi's requirements.

Juan Sancho,Orfeo
Jennifer Courcier,Euridice, La Musica
Claire Lefilliâtre,Proserpina, Ninfa
Eva Zaïcik,La Messagiera, Speranza
Luigi De Donato,Plutone, Caronte, Pastor, Spirito
Marco Angioloni,Apollo, Pastor, Spirito
Paul Figuier,Pastor
Vlad Crosman,Pastor, Spirito, Echo

Les Épopées
Stéphane Fuget, harpsichord, organ &conductor

Jasmine Eudeline, Davide Monti,violins
Myriam Bulloz, Leïla Pradel,violas
Alice Coquart,cello
Chloé Lucas,double bass
Matthias Ferré, Lukas Schneider, Claire Gautrot,bass viols
Marie Van Rhijn,harpsichord, organ & regale
Pierre Rinderknecht, Léa Masson,chitarrone, theorbo & guitar
Michèle Claude,percussion
Benoît Tainturier, Luis Coll,cornets & recorders (La Guilde des Mercenaires)
Juan González Martínez, Laura Agut, Jean-Charles Legrand, Jean-Noël Gamet, Adam Bregman,trombone

+ Info: https://lesepopees.org/en/agenda

Tickets: https://www.academie-bach.fr/evenements/orfeo