including Ballet Music from the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
The action takes place in Greece and in the Underworld
Scene 1, The Underworld
Scene 2, On the way to the Elysian
Fields
Scene 3, The Elysian Fields
Cast
Chorus of demons, furies, and shades of the Underworld and blessed spirits
Conductor, FRITZ REINER
Chorus Master, Robert. Ainsworth
Stage Director, Charles Moor
There is little dramatic action in Act 2 of Gluck's Orphee, which is occupied with the visit of Orpheus to the Underworld, his reception there, his vehement importunity, and his ultimate success in prevailing on the rulers to allow Euridice to leave the abode of the departed and accompany him to earth again, and finally his visit to the Elysian Fields. There is, however, a great deal of picturesque music, the most important of which are the dances of the furies and the ballet.