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L'Orfeo Barockorchester

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L'Orfeo Barockorchester is an Austrian Ensemble of historically informed performance.

Presentation

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The international baroque and opera orchestra, founded in 1996 by Michi Gaigg and Carin van Heerden at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, has received several awards for first recordings. The repertoire, as can be seen from the discography, ranges from Suites of the French Baroque music through the Sinfonia of the Sturm und Drang to the literature of the Klassik and the Romantic music.[1]

Works

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Most of the operas listed below were staged and performed during the Donaufestwochen [de]:[2]

Recordings

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The discography for the period 1997 to 2012 comprises about 20 recordings of works by well-known composers of the genre.[4]

Awards

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The orchestra can point to a number of awards:[5]

Stationen

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See also

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Further reading

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Reviews of the CD recordings are regularly printed in the trade press and daily newspapers.[6]

Media

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References

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  1. ^ L'Orfeo Barockorchester on Carus
  2. ^ Opernproduktionen
  3. ^ "Erfolg für Haydn'sche Rarität". Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt (in German). 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. ^ L'Orfeo Barockorchester
  5. ^ "Phönix Edition - L'Orfeo Barockorchester und Michi Gaigg". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  6. ^ Internationale Pressestimmen zu den CD-Einspielungen auf der Website des Orchesters
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