"L'Orfeo (2002) Liceu. Monteverdi / Italian"16 May 2002Music140 mins
Taped live in Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu on January 31, 2002, this L'Orfeo is both a visual delight and a musically satisfying representation of Monteverdi's opera
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