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Orfeo ed Euridice ([orˈfɛ.o e.d‿ewˈri.di.t͡ʃe]; French: Orphée et Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Terracotta bust of C.W. Gluck by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The following discography for Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice is mainly based on the research of Giuseppe Rossi, which appeared in the programme notes to the performance of the work at the 70th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2007, under the title "Discografia – Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice)".
Orpheus Playing the Violin, 17th-century painting by Cesare Gennari. Operas based on the Orphean myths, and especially the story of Orpheus' journey to the underworld to rescue his wife, Eurydice, were amongst the earliest examples of the art form and continue to be written into the 21st century.
Oct. 28—Set in a 1950s "Mad Men"-era dreamscape, Inland Northwest Opera's all-new production of Christoph Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice" reimagines Orpheus, the hapless hero, as a musician ...
More than 70 composers from Monteverdi to Glass have written operas inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, but that didn't deter Matthew Aucoin from adding his name to the list. The 29-year ...
Orphée et Eurydice (French version of Orfeo ed Euridice) tragédie-opéra: 3 acts: Pierre-Louis Moline, after Calzabigi: 2 August 1774: Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal) score: L'arbre enchanté (second version) opéra-comique [3] 1 act: Pierre-Louis Moline, after Jean-Joseph Vadé: 27 February 1775: Palace of Versailles: score: La Cythère ...
Wq.41 – Orphée et Eurydice (1774), French Version of Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30 (1762) Wq.42 – L’arbre enchanté, ou Le tuteur dupé (1775), 2nd Version Wq.43 – La Cythère assiégée, Opéra-Ballet (1775), Revision of the 1759 Opera
Orphée, L'Amour, Eurydice (OAE) is an opera in three acts (five scenes) for a tenor (who must also play electric guitar), a dancer and an actor, with pre-recorded electronic music using music from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, composed by Zbigniew Wolny. The opera makes use of both projection screens and virtual reality headsets (VR).