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Opera on 3: Live from the Met

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Orfeo ed Euridice
Presented by Margaret Juntwait. This season's final live broadcast from the Met, is Gluck's version of the famous myth of Orpheus descending into the underworld to rescue his wife Euridice by taming the furies through the power of music.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine
RT DIRECT: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (First Vienna Version) (1 CD), with Soloists, Drottningholm Theatre Chorus, Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra conducted by Arnold Ostman , is available for r5.99 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections to: [address removed] or call the orderline on 0[number removed]25 (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect Quote ref [number removed]. UK delivery only

Contributors

Presented By:
Margaret Juntwait.
Conductor:
James Levine
Conducted By:
Arnold Ostman
Euridice:
Maija Kovalevska (soprano)
Orfeo:
David Daniels (countertenor)
Amor:
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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