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ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

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Paris version, 1774
Tragic opera in three acts
Music by Gluck
Libretto by PIERRE-LOUIS MOLINE after Ranieri Calzabigi
English version by TOM HAMMOND
From Sadler's Wells Theatre
Cast in order of singing:
Nymphs, shepherds, spectres, furies, blessed spirits
SADLER'S WELLS OPERA CHORUS Chorus-Master, John Barker
SADLER'S WELLS OPERA ORCHESTRA Leader, John Sealey
Conducted by BRYAN BALKWILL
Produced by GLEN BYAM SHAW
The action takes place in legendary times
ACT 1
The tomb of Eurydice

Contributors

Music By:
Gluck Libretto
Unknown:
Ranieri Calzabigi
Unknown:
Tom Hammond
Chorus-Master:
John Barker
Leader:
John Sealey
Conducted By:
Bryan Balkwill
Produced By:
Glen Byam Shaw
Orpheus, a Thracian minstrel:
Alexander Young(tenor)
Cupid, the god of love:
Margaret Neville(soprano)
A blessed spirit:
Margaret Curphey(soprano)
Eurydice, Orpheus's wife:
Patricia Kern(mezzo-Soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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