Opera Explained: Gluck - Orfeo Ed Euridice (Smillie) - CD

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Background

 

1. Introduction

00:05:19

 

2. The casting of Orpheus - castrati

00:06:14

 

3. References to castrati; the different versions of Orfeo ed Euridice

00:04:12

 

4. Gluck

00:04:40

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice

 

5. The Overture

00:03:43

 

6. Act I, Scene 1

00:04:25

 

7. Orfeo: 'Chiamo il mio ben cosi'

00:03:55

 

8. Amor enters

00:03:20

 

9. Act II: the gates of Hell

00:03:03

 

10. Orpheus plays his harp to the Furies

00:04:34

 

11. Act II, Scene 2: The Dance of the Blessed Spirits

00:05:45

 

12. The chorus presents Euridice

00:02:12

 

13. Act III: Orfeo and Euridice return from the Underworld

00:02:33

 

14. Duet for Orfeo and Euridice

00:02:38

 

15. Orfeo: 'Che faro senza Euridice?'

00:05:28

 

16. The happy ending

00:04:07