Longborough's L'Orfeo review - ether, electric guitars and a deus ex machina

Longborough, Gloucestershire Vividly sung by an ensemble of 12 and exquisitely played by period group La Serenissima, Olivia Fuchs's lively production of Monterverdi's opera is full of contemporary references Monteverdi's first opera is the masterwork that effectively established the genre. And with the flourish of the opening bars, there is a frisson of sheer wonder that, more than four centuries on, the piece can still so enchant listeners, much as the legendary Orpheus singing to the accompan...