THE FOUR ORCHESTRAL SUITES L’Orfeo Barockorchester | Michi Gaigg, direction We still feel exhilirated from the vibe during the Sunday matinee concert in March in the Brucknerhaus, Linz. Thank you so much to our audience who danced through all of…
Poignant memories of our tour to South Tyrol during spring 2023: Georg Philipp Telemann: Das selige Erwägen des bitteren Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra TWV 5:2 (1720-22, rev. 1728 & 1763) Joined by the…
Our opera highlight this summer was W. A. Mozart‘s Zaide at the donauFESTWOCHEN im Strudengau, conducted by Michi Gaigg. Director Manuela Kloibmüller chose a character (Barbara Novotny) to comment and add to the drama of the fascinating Singspiel fragment…
L’Orfeo interprets all the symphonies and symphonic fragments by Franz Schubert Since 1996 L’Orfeo has recorded more than 40 CD productions. Many of these were award winning releases and were highly acclaimed by the press and our audiences. The recordings…
Radio Ö1 - available on air until 4 June 2023! Part 1 | Part 2 Broadcast of our concert on 29 May 2023, Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk NATURE AND CREATION Carin van Heerden recorder L’Orfeo Barockorchester Michi Gaigg conductor Jean-Féry Rebel: Les Élémens,…
Departure & Outlook: a programme with two visionaries Jean-Philippe Rameau & C. P. E. Bach Rameau’s greatest achievements involved innovations of the many subsidiary genres of the French opera of his day and his ingenious sense of instrumentation and colours.…
Radio Ö1 - available on air until 8 November 2022! Broadcast of our concert on 11 September 2022, Festival Musica Sacra St. Pölten Presented by: Gerhard Hafner Johannes Brahms A German Requiem op. 45 Christina Gansch soprano | Stefan Zenkl baritone Domkantorei St.…
Following the roaring success of Handel’s Atalanta in 2018 another rare gem of the great master of Baroque opera was staged this summer at the donauFESTWOCHEN (Michi Gaigg, artistic director): Siroe, Re di Persia is stacked with treason, revenge, inheritance…
2021 – we have reason to celebrate! The question remains though, how does one celebrate in such extraordinary times, when everything seems to be dominated by the pandemic?
We are very happy about the first, very positive reactions from the press to our latest CD releases, especially as we count these composers to our definite favourites. The Rameau CD with haute-contre Anders J. Dahlin (conductor: Michi Gaigg) and our tenth (!) Telemann…