Eröffnungskonzert Barocktage 2026

Combattimento – Liebe, die in den Tod führt

With Claudio Monteverdi's moving scenes from L'Orfeo and the highly dramatic Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, this programme tells of passionate love, tragic error and irrevocable loss. Heroes fight, lovers fail – and only at the moment of death is the truth recognised. Complemented by music by Luigi Rossi, Antonio Sartorio, Lorenzo Allegri and Maurizio Cazzati, a musical drama of harrowing intensity unfolds – passionate, expressive and of timeless emotional power.

Programm

Claudio Monteverdi

L’Orfeo

Antonio Brunelli

Non avea Febo ancora from Scherzi, Arie, Canzonette e Madrigali

Claudio Monteverdi

Toccata

Giulio Caccini

„Al canto, al ballo“ from L’Euridice

Claudio Monteverdi

„Rosa del Ciel – Io non dirò“ from L’Orfeo

Luigi Rossi

„Mio ben“ from Orfeo

Maurizio Cazzati

Ciaccona

Claudio Monteverdi

„Vi ricorda, o bosch’ ombrosi“ from L’Orfeo

Lorenzo Allegri

Canario

Claudio Monteverdi

„Ahi, caso acerbo – In un fiorito prato“
„Tu se’ morta“
„Ma io ch’in questa lingua“ 
from L’Orfeo

Giovanni Battista Buonamente

Intrada in d-minor

Claudio Monteverdi

„Possente Spirto“ from L’Orfeo

Antonio Sartorio

„Orfeo, tu dormi?“ from L’Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi

„Qual honor“ from L’Orfeo

Luigi Rossi

Les pleurs d’Orphée ayant perdu sa femme

Claudio Monteverdi

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Cast

Dates

Barocktage 2026
Duration: approx. 1:30 hrs without an interval