Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Direction d'orchestre

Christopher Hogwood

Mise en scène

Mark Morris

Chanteur

Contre-ténor

Michael Chance

Orphée

Soprano

Dana Hanchard

Eurydice

Christine Brandes

Amour

Décors

Adrianne Lobel

Costumes

Martin Pakledinaz

Chorégraphie

Others

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

Orchestra

Handel and Haydn Society Period Instrument Orchestra

Mark Morris Dance Group

Orfeo ed Euridice -  (Orphée et Eurydice)

Édimbourg

Royaume-Uni

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Orfeo ed Euridice

Public

Private

Orphée et Eurydice

Valide

The 1996 Festival saw an interesting experiment in the staging of Gluck operas. Two were provided, Orfeo ed Euridice and Iphigénie en Tauride. Both contained much to enjoy musically, but the effect on the drama was somewhat mixed. This was simply because both stagings relied on dance to an extent far greater than envisaged by the composer. Indeed for Iphigénie, the singers were banished to the stage boxes, reducing their impact to allow for Pina Bausch's choreography.

The other operatic events of this Festival were the eagerly awaited world premiere of James MacMillan's Inés de Castro, a rare appearance for Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts, and a somewhat superfluous concert performance of Fidelio. The concert ptogramme also included a superb cast in Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Mark Morris, with his wonderful company of dancers, was, for a number of years, a hugely admired and popular visitor to Edinburgh, and not just at Festival-time. He had a recognised talent for producing dance-based interpretations of baroque works, most notably Handel's L'Allegro, Il penseroso ed Il moderato and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. This Orfeo did not quite reach that standard, being rather too fidgety for some tastes. The chorus impact was reduced, as they stood to the side of the stage, in formal concert dress.

However there was a great deal to enjoy, with excellent singing (and involved acting) from the three principals. The wonderful musicians of the venerable Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, Massachusetts, were beautifully directed by Christopher Hogwood, in what was his only operatic appearance in Scotland.

English

Orphée et Eurydice by Gluck, Du (1996/1996), Dirigé par Mark Morris,, Chef d'orchestre Christopher Hogwood, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Édimbourg, Royaume-Uni

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