Orfeo son io

Tenor Rolando Villazón, music ensemble L’Arpeggiata and its founder-director Christina Pluhar release their new album Orfeo son io. Based on a conceptual programme devised by Pluhar that is inspired by Greek mythology, the album takes in works by Monteverdi and his contemporaries as well as by Gluck, Gardel and Bonfá. 

Villazón first worked with Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata when he made his role debut as Monteverdi’s Orfeo in a concert performance at the Musikfest Bremen in 2016. The success of their collaboration resulted in numerous other performances around Europe. In 2021, the artists reunited to premiere Pluhar’s Orfeo son io programme, again at the Musikfest Bremen, and again leading to further acclaimed concerts together.    

Works by
Monteverdi · Brunelli · Caccini
Gluck · Gardel · Bonfá
and more

Rolando Villazón tenor

L’Arpeggiata
Doron Sherwin cornetto
Martin Bolterauer cornetto
Guillaume Cottet-Dumoulin alto trombone
Pascal Gonzales alto & tenor trombone
Stefan Legée tenor trombone
Franck Poitrineau bass trombone
Kinga Ujszászi baroque violin
Franciska Anna Hajdu baroque violin
Lixsania Fernández viola da gamba
Diana Vinagre baroque cello
Marie-Domitille Murez baroque harp
Miguel Rincón archlute & baroque guitar
Josep Maria Martí Duran theorbo & baroque guitar Marie van Rhijn harpsichord & organ
Yoko Nakamura organ & vocal coach
David Mayoral percussion
Leonardo Teruggi double bass
Rafael Mejías maracas
Leo Rondón cuatro

Christina Pluhar concept, programme, arrangements, musical direction, theorbo & baroque harp