Lamenti - First performance

  • Orpheus (1924/39)
    L'Orfeo. Favola in musica di Claudio Monteverdi (1607)
    Final version: 4 October 1940, Saxon State Opera House [Semperoper] Dresden

  • Klage der Ariadne (1925/40)
    Lamento d'Arianna di Claudio Monteverdi (1608) and
  • Tanz der Spröden (1925/40)
    Ballo delle Ingrate in genere rappresentativo di Claudio Monteverdi (1608)
    Final version: 30 November 1940, Reussisch Theatre, Gera

  • Lamenti – Trittico teatrale liberamente tratto da opere di Claudio Monteverdi
    A shortened version of Carl Orff’s ›Klage der Ariadne‹, ›Orpheus‹ and ›Tanz der Spröden‹
    First performance: 15 May 1958, Schwetzingen Festival
    Production: Paul Hager
    Stage design: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Musical direction: Ferdinand Leitner
(Stage photo of the first performance 1958)
(Stage photo of the first performance 1958)

First performance