Performance

VenueUsher Hall
TownEdinburgh
CountyEdinburgh
From15th August 2019
To15th August 2019
When19:30
What is currently on at Usher Hall (V0738357779)

Orfeo Ed Euridice

T1492744083
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
Lyrics Ranieri de Calzabigi


Archive :: production:T1492744083, opera or operetta:S0298844125, venue:V0738357779

Production details

Concert Performance. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Edinburgh International Festival

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Company

Company The English Concert
Conductor Bernard Labadie
Performer Sophie Bevan
Performer Rowan Pierce
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