
Plot
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.
Trailer
Cast

Philippe Huttenlocher
Orfeo

Dietlinde Turban
Euridice

Rachel Yakar
Euridice (singing voice)

Trudeliese Schmidt
La Musica / Speranza

Roland Hermann
Apollo

Glenys Linos
Messaggera / Proserpina

Werner Gröschel
Plutone

Hans Franzen
Caronte

Suzanne Calabro
Ninfa

Peter Keller
Pastor 1

Francisco Araiza
Pastor 2 / Spirito 1

Rudolf Hartmann
Pastor 3 / Spirito 2

Christian Boesch
Pastor 4

József Dene
Pastor 5 / Spirito 3