To wrap up our very busy week, we attended the opera Orphée et Eurydice, by Christoph Willibald Gluck. This formidable version was directed by Aurélien Bory and conducted by Václav Luks, at the helm ...
The only real dramaturgical flaw in Gluck’s otherwise thoughtfully plotted Orphée et Eurydice is the same one that mars any retelling of the Greek myth: Why doesn’t Orphée simply tell Eurydice that he ...
"Je voulais que les enfants ne s’ennuient pas à l’opéra" : Valérie Lesort adapte Orphée avec des marionnettes à Aix ...
Dominated almost to the point of imbalance by its ballet interludes, Gluck’s telling more than any other celebrates music itself – the heroic force for which the grieving Orpheus is merely a vessel.
What: Gluck's "Orphee et Eurydice," arranged by Berlioz. Where: Alice Busch Opera Theater, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, New York. When: July 8th 2007 at 2:00 p.m. (Performances in repertory through ...
La véritable histoire d’Orphée et d’Eurydice est une pièce de théâtre écrite et mise en scène par Nicolas Schiavo. Produite par la Compagnie Vespérale, cette création est présentée au Théâtre de Nesle ...
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Orphée et Eurydice is one of Pina Bausch’s major works. The choreographer brings flesh and blood to Gluck’s score –here conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock—while opting to distance herself from the work’s ...
Seattle Opera’s production of Gluck’s 1762 opera (in the French rewrite of 1774) is uncluttered but telling and lovely, with stirring choral work (they’re onstage almost always) and attractive dance ...
Interval earwigging: "It's not much more than a concert really". Well, some concert. As Dolly Parton once said, it costs a lot of money to look this cheap. The hydraulics bill alone must have risen ...