Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck, sre. 19 okt. 2016, Od (2016/2016), Režija: Jürgen Flimm, Dirigent Alessandro De Marchi, Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Willibald Gluck's »Orfeo ed Euridice« influenced the development of the genre like hardly any other opera: the work, which premiered in Vienna in 1762, bundled the numerous reform attempts of its time in an almost exemplary way. The traditional »opera seria« was challenged and, to a certain extent, overcome by Gluck's »Azione teatrale«, which focuses on the natural, authentic expression of the characters. The Orpheus myth, which founded the form of the opera itself and is still one of the most popular subjects of music theater, found a completely new form with Gluck. His treatment of the story of Orpheus, who beguiled the gods of the underworld with his singing in order to bring his beloved Eurydice back to life, is of a hitherto unknown dramatic truthfulness and allows the audience to take a deep interest in the emotional world of the protagonists.