Orfeo Ed Euridice

Archive Listings for Orfeo Ed Euridice

T01765395289 (BRIDEWELL09) Scarlet Opera's production of Gluck’s Orfeo emphasizes the dramatic themes of loss and trust inherent in the myth, whilst maintaining the unadorned musical beauty of Gluck’s original version (1762).Company Scarlet Opera. Director David Monteith.
2 Sep 09 to 5 Sep 09	Bridewell Theatre, Inner London :: V171 listing details L365012222
T1016582504 (OPNORTH04) New Production. Sung in Italian with English titles. A collaboration between the Edinburgh International Festival, dance company Emio Greco I PC and Opera North. Running time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes.Company Opera North. Conductor Nicholas Kok. Choreographer Emio Greco. Director Emio Greco. Design Emio Greco. Choreographer Pieter C. Scholten. Director Pieter C. Scholten. Design Pieter C. Scholten. Costume Clifford Portier. Lighting Henk Danner. Other Joost Rekveld (video designer). Performer Daniel Taylor (Orfeo). Performer Isabel Monar (Euridice). Performer Claire Ormshaw (Amore).
13 Nov 04	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V458 listing details L508923676
23 Oct 04	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0636138501
16 Oct 04	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L626574947
7 Sep 04 to 11 Sep 04	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L01484663002
1 Sep 04 to 4 Sep 04	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L1442227768
T0740627000 (SCOT03) In Italian with English supertitlesCompany Scottish Opera.
21 Feb 03	Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent :: V124 listing details L1337421891
T01739622360 (ROH01) Concert performance. Sung in Italian. Running time approximately 2 hours.Performer David Daniels (Orfeo). Performer Susan Gritton (Euridice). Performer Tristan Hambleton (Amor). Conductor Richard Hickox.
6 Jun 01 to 9 Jun 01	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L934799338
T676445632 (BARB00) Company Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director Rene Jacobs.
14 Nov 00	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L581481243

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Opera or Operetta :: A classical tragedy of lacerating beauty and a celebration of the power of music to transform lives and even to transcend death itself, Orfeo ed Euridice, given its premiere in Vienna in 1762, was a milestone in operatic history. Gluck's score broke new ground with its insistence that music should reflect the intense emotions of the characters rather than serve as a vehicle for vacuous vocal display. Orfeo, is a mythic musician of antiquite, whose grief on the death of his wife Euridice is so profound that the gods, out of pity, allow him to descend to the Kingdom of Shades in order to restore her to life - on condition that during their journey back to the human world he should not look into Euridice's face.

Music

Christoph Willibald Gluck