Tenor Rolando Villazón, music ensemble L’Arpeggiata and its founder-director Christina Pluhar’s upcoming album Orfeo son io is based on a conceptual programme devised by Pluhar. 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.