ORFEO SON IO Rolando Villazón, Christina Pluhar | Deutsche Grammophon

Tenor Rolando Villazón, music ensemble L’Arpeggiata and its founder-director Christina Pluhar announce their upcoming 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.  

Listen to a first pre-release track of Carlos Gardel’s Sus ojos se cerraron. The full album is released digitally and on CD on 21 November and is now available for pre-order.