Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata have made a speciality of fusing cultures and musical styles – now, with Orfeo Chamán, they have moved into the world of opera by taking one of the most famous Ancient Greek myths, infusing it with spirituality drawn from Asia and the Native Americans, and giving it musical expression by blending baroque and traditional styles and a contemporary idiom influenced by Latin American popular music. With this Erato release, admirers of Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata can enjoy substantial highlights of Orfeo Chamán in audio form and also a DVD of the entire opera, recorded for video at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia in November 2014, when it received its world premiere staging.