Antonio Sartorio (1630-1680): L'Orfeo

(Venice, 1673; Libretto: Aurelio Aureli)

Vanguard 99194 (2 CDs) (1998)


CD 1: Sinfonia ([1]), Act 1 ([2]-[18]), Act 2 (beginning, [19]-[23]), 72'38
CD 2: Act 2 (end, [1]-[13]), Act 3 ([14]-[29]), 71'44

Rodrigo del Pozo sings in the following tracks:
CD 1: [7], [16]
CD 2: [3], [4], [5], [6], [22], [27], [29]


Orfeo, son of Calliope and Apollo Ellen Hargis (soprano)
Euridice, Thracian nymph, wife of Orfeo Suzie LeBlanc (soprano)
Aristeo, brother of Orfeo Ann Hallenberg (soprano)
Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes Anne Grimm (soprano)
Tetide, Goddess Laurie Reviol (soprano)
Orillo, a young Thracian shepherd Petra Noskaiová (mezzo soprano)
Erinda, the old nurse of Aristeo }Olof Lilja (tenor)
Ercole, disciple of Chirone
Achille, another disciple of Chirone Rodrigo del Pozo (tenor)
Chirone, a learned Centaur }Josep Cabré (baritone)
Bacco, God
Esculapio, brother of Orfeo and Aristeo }Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Pluto,God

Teatro Lirico (3+3 vl., 2 vlas., vc., vdg.+lirone+vc., db., hrpchd., 2 archlt.)

direction: Stephen Stubbs

live recording: August 31 and September 1, 1998, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht/NL