Orfeo by Monteverdi

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Lecture by Dr. Silke Wenzel (From the toccata to the "genere concitato")

Admission free

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The event is part of 'Orfeo - an interdisciplinary project at the HfMT'

Claudio Monteverdi's "Orfeo" (printed in Mantua, 1609) is one of the first operas in European music history, if not the first, and combines the idea of interpreting words through music, presenting a plot through singing - and all this over chords that are notated as basso continuo, i.e. realized improvisationally. In Monteverdi's time, this combination was very new and groundbreaking. It encouraged composers throughout Europe to abandon the old "prima prattica" and turn to the "seconda prattica". The freedom to break away from the strict rules of counterpoint ("prima prattica") in order to interpret a text must have had an immense appeal. In combination with the basso continuo, completely new possibilities for the realization of dramatic music emerged. These led directly to the creation of the opera.

In the winter semester, several specialist groups are working on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. In addition to the practical work in rehearsals, there is a wide range of seminars and lectures on Orfeo, Monteverdi and his time, some of which are open to the public. Further information about the project can be found [here](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/promotion-forschung-und-transfer/transfer/interdisziplinaritaet-im-dekanat-zwoelf/claudio-monteverdis-favola-in-musica-lorfeo-ein-interdisziplinaeres-projekt).

The project will culminate in two semi-staged performances on January 12 and 13, 2024 in the Rudolf Steiner House

Direction: Mark Tucker, Isolde Kittel-Zerer and Catharina Lühr

All dates at a glance:

[25.10., 16:00 Kick-off with panel discussion](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10954-2023-10-25-orfeo-von-monteverdi)

[01.11., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10955-2023-11-01-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Tempoorganization with Monteverdi

[02.11., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10994-2023-11-02-orfeo-von-monteverdi) February 24, 1607 - The birth of Orfeo

[08.11., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10956-2023-11-08-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Aesthetic contours of language in Italian poems

[09.11., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10995-2023-11-09-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Orpheus among the scholars: opera as an academic project

[15.11., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10957-2023-11-15-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Relationship between language and bass/harmony

[16.11., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10996-2023-11-16-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Music about music. Crisis and stylistic division as a resource

[22.11., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10958-2023-11-22-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Woodwind/keyboard and string instruments at the time of Monteverdi

[23.11., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10997-2023-11-23-orfeo-von-monteverdi) From the performance to the first edition (1609)

[29.11., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10959-2023-11-29-orfeo-von-monteverdi) From the toccata to the "genere concitato"

[30.11., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10998-2023-11-30-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Orfeo statt Euridice: Prehistory and gender aspects

[06.12., 16:00 Workshop lecture](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10960-2023-12-06-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Plucked instruments at the time of Monteverdi

[07.12., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/10999-2023-12-07-orfeo-von-monteverdi) Monteverdi's later operas

[14.12., 17:00 Project seminar](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/11000-2023-12-14-orfeo-von-monteverdi) L'Orfeo after Monteverdi

[12.01., 19:30 performance](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/11001-2024-01-12-orfeo-von-monteverdi)

[13.01., 19:30 performance](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/hochschule/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/11002-2024-01-13-orfeo-von-monteverdi)