Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir)
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Published 2021-01-05
Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice starring Magdalena Kozená and others. With English subtitles.
John Eliot Gardiner chose to use Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Orphée, which adapted the tenor role of Gluck’s 1774 score for the contralto voice of Pauline Viardot, adjusting the register for a mezzo-soprano. Underlining his preference for this version, he performed the opera with the nineteenth-century period instruments of his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. His regular chorus, the Monteverdi Choir, excelled vocally and dramatically in its elegant contribution to the drama.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice)
Opera in three acts
Chapters
▷ 00:00:00 Intro
▷ 00:01:17 Overture
▷ 00:05:01 Act I
▷ 00:31:30 Act II
▷ 01:10:08 Act III
CAST
Magdalena Kozená - Orphée
Madeline Bender - Eurydice
Patricia Petibon - Amour
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor
Monteverdi Choir
Staging by Robert Wilson
Costumes by Frida Parmeggiani
Libretto by Ranieri da Calzabigi
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When the historic Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris re-opened after a period of extensive refurbishment, the first two productions mounted in the theatre were Gluck’s Alceste and Orphée et Eurydice. “The center of these proceedings was not any singer, producer or politician but Gluck himself. To hear his songful art pour out uninterrupted over consecutive evenings was to understand the overwhelming power of melody. Gluck was not a master of complication, but he made his shortcomings into forceful music” (New York Times). Gluck understood how to put music at the service of poetry.
A key figure in the revival of Early Music, John Eliot Gardiner has long been a champion of Gluck’s French operas and is a great Gluck conductor. He conducted the English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir. His performances with these ensembles – all of which he founded – bear the personal stamp of his scholarship and inspired musicianship and are noted for their zest and technical mastery. Gardiner received enormous critical acclaim for his musical direction of both Orphée and Alceste at the Châtelet, as did his orchestras and chorus.
Television’s top opera director, Brian Large, worked closely with Robert Wilson and John Eliot Gardiner to ensure that the translation of the live performance to the small screen was of the highest artistic and technical standard.
John Eliot Gardiner chose to use Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Orphée, which adapted the tenor role of Gluck’s 1774 score for the contralto voice of Pauline Viardot, adjusting the register for a mezzo-soprano. Underlining his preference for this version, he performed the opera with the nineteenth-century period instruments of his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. His regular chorus, the Monteverdi Choir, excelled vocally and dramatically in its elegant contribution to the drama.
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All Comments (21)
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First time listening to Gluck. What a composer.
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This is truly the most captivating thing I have ever seen, when it aired on PBS in the States back then. The visuals alone, but my God, Magdalena and Co. slayed!
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The only way this could be improved would be to have attended in Person. Well done to all ❤️🖤💛
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Absolutely magnificent!
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you will find no better production or casting of Gluck's endearing masterpiece, it's innate beauty here brought out and emphasized by Robert Wilson's rich and spartan staging of set and movement, which transports us to the world of Aristotle's poetics and the ancient stage of 5th century Greece. Kozena, Bender and Petibon, as well as the Monteverdi Choir are completely entrancing!!!
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This is utterly magnificent!
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Merci , Mille Grazie , Danke schön .....and I am lucky enough to live in Vienna and every now and then I walk past his former home on Wiedener Strasse and think and thank him.for his absolutely brilliant Live work ,Because he was the great role model and a father, so to speak, of Mozart, Haydn and also indirectly of Ludwig van Beethoven and also Schubert and many others...Best regards from Vienna 💞
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I love that the staging takes from the german expressionism silent films of 1920 mixed with all the rules of the barroque era
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Pauline Viardot has an absolutely spell binding voice. What a superb performance by all. Thank you.
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05:01 І д. хор пастухів і пастушок "Як сумно вітер мирт гойдає" 12:27 І д. арія Орфея "Де ти, любове моя?" 31:32 - ІІ д. 1к. вступ ІІ д. 1 к. Сцена Орфея з фуріями: 33:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. хор фурій "Чий це зухвалий дух наш потривожив слух?" 35:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Сліз потік ллється з моїх очей" 38:31 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Я не боюся пекла страждання" 40:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Серце рветься, в пісню ллється" 42:00 - ІІ д. 1 к. танець фурій 48:31 - 2д. 2к. мелодія флейти 55:02 - 2 д. 2к. арієта Еврідіки з хором "Цей привітний спокійний притулок" 58:05 - 2д. 2к. сцена 3. Вступ (соло гобоя) до арії Орфея. 59:10 - 2д. 2к. арія Орфея "О променистий краєвид" 1:13:51 - ІІІ д. дует Орфея і Евридіки "Іди услід за мною, дорога" 1:25:03 ІІІ д. арія Орфея "Загубив я Евридіку", рефрен 1:27:30 - ІІІ д. арія Орфея "Загубив я Евридіку", епізод "Мовчання смерті"
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Beautiful set design, costumes and music. Well done.
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It’s pure magic! I am entranced
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I like the French version the most.
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Magnífica puesta en escena, con todo el drama y la intensidad del todo, con lo mínimo...
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13:43 What a phrase! Magnificent performance and stage.
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This is so beautiful. Also it reminds a bit of Nolan's Interstellar film: what if Love is the only thing that travels through time and beyond, from world to world? Just as Orpheus did...
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Mi piace,e' straordinariamente moderna,sembra composta ieri❤
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une pure merveille !!
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Mise en scène remarquable de Bob WILSON en effet 🎭🌺🌹 Francine Galtier
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Somptueux!!!
