This recorded production of Christoph Willibald von Gluck’s “Orfeo and Euridice”, original text by Ramierie de’Calzabigi, is presented by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera with an introduction by Dame Janet Baker. It is a tale of Greek mythology after the classic legend, Orpheus and stars singer Janet Blake, as Orfeo, in her farewell performance on the operatic stage, along with Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice and Elizabeth Gale as Amore. Features the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard in a new staging production by Peter Hall. Sung in Italian. Includes a guide with English translation.
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ACMI Identifier
319562
Language
Italian
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Music & Performing Arts → Operas
Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)