Orfeo ed Euridice / music by Christoph Willibald Gluck, in the edition by Ludwich Finscher ; libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline after Raniero de Calzabigi.

Orfeo ed Euridice / music by Christoph Willibald Gluck, in the edition by Ludwich Finscher ; libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline after Raniero de Calzabigi.

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In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Euridice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an inner city concrete jun...

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Contributors: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, Moline, M. (Pierre Louis), approximately 1740-1821, Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795 (Librettist), Kowalski, Jochen, 1954- (Performer), Webster, Gillian, 1964- (Performer), Budd, Jeremy, Haenchen, Hartmut (Conductor), Kupfer, Harry (Director), Finscher, Ludwig, Stapleton, Robin
Corporate Contributors: Royal Opera House (London, England), Landseer Film & Television Productions., RM Arts (Firm), Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting., Channel Four (Great Britain)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Italian
Published: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002?]
Subjects:
Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama.
Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) > Drama.
Operas.
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Summary:In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Euridice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an inner city concrete jungle.
Item Description:"A Landseer Production for RM Arts in association with NOS and Channel 4"--Container.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Stage director, Harry Kupfer ; opera director, Paul Findlay ; musical preparation, Mark Packwood, David Syrus ; producer, Derek Bailey ; costumes, Eleanor Kleiber ; lighting, Willibald Kammer ; movement, Lothar Wiebe ; directed for video by Hans Hulscher.
ISBN:0769700586
Participant or Performer:Jochen Kowalski (Orfeo) ; Jeremy Budd (Amor) ; Gillian Webster (Euridice) ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; chorus director, Robin Stapleton ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; leader, John Brown ; conductor, Hartmut Haenchen.
Language:Sung in Italian; subtitles in English.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1991.

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