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Orfeo ed Euridice / Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, composer, composer.
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 39 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, colo
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2009]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian; English, French, German and Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- video file streaming video file
- Summary:
- Director and choreographer Mark Morris's production of Gluck's masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present, where, he says, "the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable." With costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and a set designed by Allen Moyer, this production surrounds the action with the superb Met chorus dressed as a crowd of historic characters who bear witness to the transformative power of love. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) is so consumed with grief at the death of his beloved Euridice (Danielle de Niese) that the gods (Heidi Grant Murphy as Amor) allow him to lead her back from the underworld--if he will not look at her on the way. Of course he can't resist looking, but the gods are truly merciful.
- Contents:
- Opening credits and introduction with Joyce DiDonato and James Levine
- Interview with Mark Morris
- Overtura
- Ah! Se intorno a quest'urna funesta
- Basta, basta, o compagni!
- Ballo (Larghetto)
- Chiamo il mio ben così
- Euridice, Euridice!
- Cerco il mio ben così
- Piango il mio ben così
- Numi, barbari Numi
- T'assiste Amore!
- Gli sguardi trattieni
- Che disse? Che ascoltai?
- Ballo (Maestoso)
- Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini
- Deh Placatevi con me!
- Misero giovane! Che vuioi, che mediti?
- Mille pene, ombre moleste ; Ah! Quale incognito affetto flebile
- Men tiranne, ah! voi sareste
- Ah! Quale incognito affetto flebile
- Ballo (Andante)
- Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol
- Vieni a' regni del riposo
- Anime avventurose
- Torna, o bella, al tuo consorte
- Vieni, segui I miei passi
- Vieni, appaga io tuo consorte
- Qual vita è questa mai
- Che fiero momento
- Avvezzo al contento
- Ecco un nuovo tormento!
- Che farò senza Euricide?
- Ah! Finisca e per sempre colla vita il dolor!
- Trionfi Amore
- Bows and closing credits.
- Participant:
- Danielle de Niese ; Heidi Grant Murphy ; Stephanie Blythe ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor.
- Credits:
- Director, Mark Morris.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859396161
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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