L’Orfeo by Monteverdi was one of the first operas ever written and we’re giving you the chance to hear it performed on 28 May in Bristol by some of the world’s best musicians – the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists and conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
From 12 April to Sunday 28 May Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will be celebrating the life and work of Monteverdi with an international cast of singers in three landmark performances of the composer’s three surviving operas.
The celebrations will kick off at Colston Hall, Bristol on 12 April with a performance of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, continue with L’incoronazione di Poppea on 8 May and finish with his most famous work, L’Orfeo on 28 May.
L’Orfeo by Monteverdi was one of the first operas ever written and we’re giving you the chance to hear it performed on 28 May in Bristol by some of the world’s best musicians – the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists and conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
From 12 April to Sunday 28 May Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will be celebrating the life and work of Monteverdi with an international cast of singers in three landmark performances of the composer’s three surviving operas.
The celebrations will kick off at Colston Hall, Bristol on 12 April with a performance of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, continue with L’incoronazione di Poppea on 8 May and finish with his most famous work, L’Orfeo on 28 May.
2017 marks the 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi. Experience the full gamut of human emotions through his music with three staged concerts of his three surviving operas Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (12 April), L’incoronazione di Poppea (8 May) and L’Orfeo (28 May). For three evenings, Bristol will be at the heart of the classical music world.
We’re giving you the chance to win two tickets to L’Orfeo on 28 May as well as an overnight stay in Hotel du Vin. The prize also includes entry to a pre-concert champagne reception, dinner and wine for two and breakfast the following morning.
Full of eye-catching detail, the Hotel Du Vin is a lovingly restored collection of Grade II listed former sugar warehouses, beautifully transformed into one of the finest hotels in Bristol. The hotel is the perfect setting for an authentic treat for the late May Bank holiday weekend.
Answer the question below before 11.59pm on 19th April to be in with a chance of winning
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