Opera on 3: Orphee et Eurydice

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Opera on 3: Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House

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Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House

Another chance to hear Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House in 2015.

Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House. Juan Diego Florez makes his role debut as Orpheus and John Eliot Gardiner conducts.  First broadcast October 2015.

Donald Macleod presents Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice in a new production from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, which literally puts the orchestra centre stage. John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists, and Monteverdi Choir in a rare outing for the French 1774 version of Gluck's opera, written for a high tenor, and with extended ballet sequences to suit the Parisian audiences. Orpheus has been allowed by the gods to visit the Underworld to bring his deceased Eurydice back, on condition that he doesn't look at her. Juan Diego Florez makes his role debut as Orpheus, and Lucy Crowe his beloved Eurydice. Plus Donald Macleod talks to John Eliot Gardiner about the opera's historical significance, and directors John Fulljames and Hofesh Shechter discuss their production in which the orchestra and dancers are completely integrated with the soloists and chorus.

First broadcast October 2015.
 
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée ..... Juan Diego Florez (tenor)
Eurydice ..... Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Amour ..... Amanda Forsythe (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

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