Instrumentation
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voices, mixed chorus, orchestra [more...]
- Vocal Roles
- La Musica (soprano)
Orfeo (tenor) Euridice (soprano) La messaggera, Silvia (soprano) Speranza (soprano) Caronte (bass) Plutone (bass) Proserpina (soprano) Eco (tenor) Apollo (tenor)
- Chorus
- Nymphs and shepherds (soprano, alto, 2 tenors - also soli, Acts I, II, V)
Infernal spirits (2 tenors, bass - also soli, Acts III, IV)
- Orchestra (Monteverdi's)
- 2 cornettos, 4 trumpets, 5 trombones
2 recorders, 2 piccolo violins 10 members of the violin family (viole da brazzo) in 2 groups
- 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; 2 basses
- 2 harpsichords, 3 chitarroni, 3 bass viola da gamba, a harp
2 small pipe organs; portable reed organ (‘Regal’)
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