Opera in a prologue and five acts; libretto by . Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container. Recorded in performance Sept. 21, 23, 2009, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy. Stage, set and lighting director, Robert Wilson; costume design, Jacques Reynaud; director's sollaborator, Giuseppe Frigeni; collaborator on sets, Serge von Arx; lighting designer, A J Weissbard; TV and video director, Emanuele Garofalo; producer, James Whitbourn; a co-production of Teatro alla Scala and Opéra national de Paris. Roberta Invernizzi (La Musica, Euridice, Eco) ; Georg Nigl (Orfeo) ; Sara Mingardo (Messaggera & Speranza) ; Luigi De Donato (Caronte) ; Raffaella Milanesi (Proserpina) ; Giovanni Battista Parodi (Plutone) ; Furio Zanasi (Apollo) ; Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala ; Concerto Italiano, basso continuo ; Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor. Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.