Name: Orfeo ed Euridice
Start: 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Zaryadye Hall

Organization

Singer

Countertenor

Dmitry Korchak

Orfeo

Soprano

Andriana Chuchman

Euridice

Lauren Snouffer

Amor

Stage director

John Neumeier

Conductor

Harry Bicket

Costume designer

Set designer

Choreographer

Orchestra

Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra

Zaryadye Hall

Orfeo ed Euridice -  (Orpheus and Eurydice)

Moscow

Russia

Orfeo ed Euridice Gluck

Public

Orpheus and Eurydice

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Bass

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In ancient myth, the musician Orpheus, grieving for his dead wife Eurydice and supported by Cupid, is not afraid to descend into the kingdom of shadows and, having begged for a gift from the gods and extortions of furies, takes Eurydice out of hell, struggling with the desire to look at his beloved. In 1762, the Viennese court composer Christoph Wilibald Gluck (1714-1787) uses this plot for an opera in Italian, where the part of Orpheus is intended for an alto castrato. And in 1774, Gluck made an extended French version of it, adding, according to the rules of the Parisian stage, more dances and transferring the main part to a high tenor.  

The remarkable opera is considered a pioneer for the Baroque era - since it subordinates music to the development of drama - and extremely difficult for singers. At the same time, there is little actual action in it, which is why it is often heard in concerts, with abbreviated ballet numbers. But in 2017, the outstanding contemporary choreographer John Neumeier staged it - not as an opera with ballet numbers and not as a ballet with opera inserts, but as a real synthesis of the two genres.

English

Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck, Tue 30 Nov 2021, From (2021/2021), Directed by John Neumeier,, Conductor Harry Bicket, Zaryadye Hall, Moscow, Russia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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