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Opera Productions, Old and New 1. If its baroque Handel: Jephtha (Claus Guth, director ) Claudio Monteverdi: La Favola di Orfeo (1607) As Act II opens, Orfeo is relaxing among the shepherds and shepherdesses, rejoicing in the happiness of
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Handel: Jephtha (Claus Guth, director)
Claudio Monteverdi: La Favola di Orfeo (1607)
Poussin: Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (c.1650)
As Act II opens, Orfeo is relaxing among the shepherds and shepherdesses, rejoicing in the happiness of his recent marriage to Euridice, who is ofgstage with her friends.
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