Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.
Philippe Huttenlocher
as Orfeo
Dietlinde Turban
as Euridice
Rachel Yakar
as Euridice (singing voice)
Trudeliese Schmidt
as La Musica / Speranza
Roland Hermann
as Apollo
Glenys Linos
as Messaggera / Proserpina
Werner Gröschel
as Plutone
Hans Franzen
as Caronte
Suzanne Calabro
as Ninfa
Peter Keller
as Pastor 1
Francisco Araiza
as Pastor 2 / Spirito 1
Rudolf Hartmann
as Pastor 3 / Spirito 2
