Jordi Savall conducts Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and the leading soloists of early opera in a beautiful period production of Monteverdi's favola in musica staged at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2002. Gilbert Deflo's stage direction reflects the sublime art and imagery found in Mantua's Palazzo Ducale, with its famous Hall of Mirrors, where the opera was first performed in 1607.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Extra features: L' Orfeo in Mantua. Stage director Gilbert Deflo, in Mantua's Palazzo Ducale, reveals the inspiration behind his staging of L'Orfeo. Illustrated synopsis of the opera

Cast Gallery: Montserrat Figueras, Furio Zanasi, Arianna Savall, Sara Mingardo, Cécile van de Sant, Antonio Abete, Adriana Fernández, Daniele Carnovich, Fulvio Bettini, Mercedes Hernández, Marília Vargas, Gerd Türk, Francesc Garrigosa, Carlos Mena, Iván García

Le Concert des Nations
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Conducted by Jordi Savall

• Monteverdi - Vespro Della Beata Vergine / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir
• Monteverdi: L'inconorazione di Poppea
• Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice / Baker, Speiser, Gale, Leppard, Glyndebourne Opera
• Maria Stuarda
• Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione Di Poppea / Leppard, Ewing, Bailey, Duesing, Lloyd, Gale, Clarey, Glyndebourne