And so it proved. In the intimate auditorium of Toulouse’s attractive Théâtre du Capitole, Gluck’s music sounded wonderfully alive and elegant, with Savall drawing out the pace and drama of both ...
Credit: A. Bartsiokas. The fate of Philip II, Arrhidaeus, and Adea Eurydice According to historian Arrianus and philosopher Plutarch, the bodyguard of Philip II, Pausanias, assassinated him only a few ...
Unique concert recordings marking Black History Month as well as more from Concerto Copenhagen from Lammermuir and BBC NOW performing Strauss's Don Quixote. Show more Fiona Talkington showcases ...
LONDON — While Orfeo Tagiuri is all grown up now, he was once a mischievous schoolboy with a penchant for etching graffiti into any and every flat surface at his Catholic school. Building on his ...
Opening night of the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Osvaldo Golijov’s first opera, Ainadamar, was showstopping from its opening strains. Dynamic soprano Angel Blue, in the lead role as ...
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Amour the messenger of the gods tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice His singing has the power to appease the Furies and animate the blessed Shadows Yet his ...
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87) said that it was silly not to have “realistic” characters in opera—so he created Orfeo and Euridice, with their set, face-front arias. Bellini (1801-35 ...
When the myth about Eurydice is told it’s really the story of Orpheus: how he falls in love with her, how devasted he is when she gets bitten by a snake and dies, and how he goes to the underworld and ...
A comprehensive 58-CD limited edition box set celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Salzburg Festival will be released on 31 July 2020. 100 Years Of The Salzburg Festival, the official jubilee ...
You can pay more and travel farther to see opera in a grand hall. But the intimate Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto is ideally suited to Gluck’s 1762 opera “Orfeo ed Euridice,” which focuses in on one ...