Performance

Venue	Festival Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	1st September 2004
To	4th September 2004
When	19:15
Festival Theatre (V600)
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Orfeo Ed Euridice

Work:: Orfeo Ed Euridice (S0298844125)

A classical tragedy of lacerating beauty and a celebration of the power of music to transform lives and even to transcend death itself, Orfeo ed Euridice, given its premiere in Vienna in 1762, was a milestone in operatic history. Gluck's score broke new ground with its insistence that music should reflect the intense emotions of the characters rather than serve as a vehicle for vacuous vocal display. Orfeo, is a mythic musician of antiquite, whose grief on the death of his wife Euridice is so profound that the gods, out of pity, allow him to descend to the Kingdom of Shades in order to restore her to life - on condition that during their journey back to the human world he should not look into Euridice's face.

Music	Christoph Willibald Gluck
Lyrics	Ranieri de Calzabigi

Production:: (T1016582504)

New Production. Sung in Italian with English titles. A collaboration between the Edinburgh International Festival, dance company Emio Greco I PC and Opera North. Running time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes.

Company	Opera North
Conductor	Nicholas Kok
Choreographer	Emio Greco
Director	Emio Greco
Design	Emio Greco
Choreographer	Pieter C. Scholten
Director	Pieter C. Scholten
Design	Pieter C. Scholten
Costume	Clifford Portier
Lighting	Henk Danner
Other	Joost Rekveld (video designer)
Performer	Daniel Taylor (Orfeo)
Performer	Isabel Monar (Euridice)
Performer	Claire Ormshaw (Amore)

Listing:: L1442227768

Production details

New Production. Sung in Italian with English titles. A collaboration between the Edinburgh International Festival, dance company Emio Greco I PC and Opera North. Running time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes.

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