Orphée et Eurydice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing. The piece was first performed in Vienna on October 5, 1762. Orfeo ed Euridice is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera seria with a "noble simplicity" in both the music and the drama. This 1989 recording stars Anne Sofie von Otter and Barbara Hendricks. John Eliot Gardiner conducts.
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
At The Opera, Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice, August 16, 2014
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8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Von Otter/Hendricks
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orphee et Eurydice
Orch De L'Opr De Lyon; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:00 p.m.
Helen Traubel
Gluck
Alceste: Divinites Du Styx
10:00 p.m.
Helen Traubel
Wagner
Tannhauser: Dich, Teure Halle
Helen Traubel
Wagner
Lohengrin: Einsam In Truben Tagen
Giuseppe Di Stefano
various
Chicago Concert 1950
Gaetano Merola; Radio Orch. or Chicago, conductor Sayao/Tebaldi
11:00 p.m.
Licia Albanese
Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di
Licia Albanese
Madama Butterfly: Death Of Butterfly
Licia Albanese
La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
Licia Albanese
La Boheme: Addio Di Mimi
Licia Albanese
Giacomo Puccini
La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
RCA Orchestra; Leopold Stokoski, conductor
Licia Albanese
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Signore, Ascolta!
RCA Symphony; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Licia Albanese
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Death Of Liu
RCA Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar!
; Gaetano Merola, conductor
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Puccini
Tosca, opera: E lucean le stelle
; Gaetano Merola, conductor
Puccini
Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
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