Orfeo remote, Episode 1: A Hippie Wedding (blue cast)

During the challenging times of a pandemic, a young unemployed musician—embodied in the character La Musica—takes initiative, reaching out to friends and colleagues. They retell Orfeo’s story set in 1960s America, a time of love and connection: The singer Orfeo was suffering from a deep and lasting depression which lifted only once he fell in love with Euridice.
This opera mini-series was produced fully remotely by Northwestern Opera Theater, adhering to the social-distancing guidelines in the spring of 2020.
Director - Joachim Schamberger
Music Director - Stephen Alltop

Episodes will be released Fridays at noon CST:
Jan. 15, 2021: “A Hippie Wedding”
Jan. 22, 2021: “A Horrible Accident”
Jan. 29, 2021: “A Trip to Hell”
Feb. 5, 2021: “A Second Chance”
Feb. 12, 2021: “A Way to Heaven”

For each episode there will be two versions with two different casts available.

[sandraoberoi]

What a fantastic project and so cleverly executed! Well done, everyone!

[michaellacipriani]

Great work everyone! Such a huge project must have taken a crazy amount of organizational work. It came together beautifully!

[lawrencehpinto]

The video does a very good job of simulating duets being sung in the same space, and the audio does justice to the wonderful voices. This series is also going to go a long way to teach students by example about dealing with adversity. Bravi cast and faculty! I loved the voices and found the music to be 'right on' even though it must have been recorded in separate quarters.