Orpheus by Claudio Monteverdi one of the best and most complicated at once operas of the world repertoire. Orpheus used to appear at opera stages of various countries: Germany, Italy, Austria, France, England, Spain, the USA, and Japan. The first concert variant in our country occurred in Leningrad, in 1929. The Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theater were the first to stage the opera of Claudio Monteverdi in a new original version.