Claudio Monteverdi - L’Orfeo

music director: René Jacobs, Orfeo: Simon Keenlyside, choreography: Trisha Brown dancers: Kathleen Fisher, Stanford Makishi, Mariah Malohey, Brandi Norton, Stacy Matthew Sencer, Katrina Thonpson, Keith A. Thompson, Abigall Yager, Ming-Lung Yang ORPHEUS: See now, I return to you, dear woods and beloved hills, made blessed by that sun through whom alone my darkness is lightened. FIRST SHEPHERD: Look, Orpheus, how the shade of those beech trees invites us, now that Phoebus darts burning rays from heaven. On these grassy banks let us rest, and let each in his own way let loose his voice to the murmur of the waters. FIRST & SECOND SHEPHERDS: In this flowery meadow every sylvan deity is often wont to linger for his pleasure. Here Pan, the shepherds’ god, has sometimes been heard lamenting, sweetly recalling his unrequited loves. CHORUS of NYMPHS & SHEPHERD