Orfeo

Orfeo is the Italian for Orpheus, a legendary figure in Greek mythology, chief among poets and musicians.

Orfeo may refer to:

People

• Orfeo Boselli, 1597–1667, an Italian sculptor
• Orfeo Vecchi (ca. 1551 – 1603), Italian composer
• Orfeo (artist), Robert Castillo, a Los Angeles native, classically trained opera singer.^[1]

Literature

• Sir Orfeo, a Middle English narrative poem
• Orfeo (novel), a novel by Richard Powers

Music

• Orfeo (record label), a German record company

Operas

• L'Orfeo, an opera by Claudio Monteverdi
• Orfeo (Rossi), an opera by Luigi Rossi
• Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
• La morte d'Orfeo, an opera by Stefano Landi
• Orfeo (Sartorio), an opera by Antonio Sartorio
• L'Orfeide, an opera by Gian Francesco Malipiero

Songs

• Samba de Orfeu, song by jazz composer, Paul Desmond

Place

• Orfeo (restaurant), Located in the Army Building on 3rd Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, Orfeo is the third restaurant from Chef Kevin and Terresa Davis, creators of Steelhead Diner and Blueacre Seafood. This will be a contemporary, NW centric wood-fired kitchen with a full bar and international wine list by Sommelier, Bruce Sturgeon.
• Orfeo Superdomo, a sports arena in Argentina

Astronomy

• Orfeo Programme, a planned 2017 European Space Agency mission
• Orfeo toolbox, associated image processing software

Other

• Orfeo (genus), genus of spiders

See also

• Orfei, an Italian family name
• Orpheus (disambiguation), the English and German spelling
• Orphée (disambiguation), the French spelling
• Orfeas (disambiguation), Ορφέας, the Greek spelling
• Orfeu (disambiguation), the Portuguese spelling
• Orfey (disambiguation), Орфей, the Russian spelling

References