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GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice [Drottingholm Court Theatre Orchestra FLAC]

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Gluck * Orfeo Ed Euridice, Drottningholm Theatre Chorus and Orchestra * FLAC

In this upload you will find Orfeo Ed Euridice which is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus. It is performed by Drottningholm Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, with Ann-Christine Biel, Maya Boog and Kerstin Avemo. Please enjoy!

About Orfeo Ed Euridice

Orfeo ed Euridice is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera seria with a "noble simplicity" in both the music and the drama.Though originally set to an Italian libretto, Orfeo ed Euridice owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its use of accompanied recitative and a general absence of vocal virtuosity. Indeed, twelve years after the 1762 premiere, Gluck re-adapted the opera to suit the tastes of a Parisian audience at the Academie Royale de Musique. This reworking was given the title Orph'e et Eurydice, and several alterations were made in vocal casting and orchestration to suit French tastes. The opera is the most popular of Gluck's works. [...]

The opera was the first by Gluck showing signs of his ambition to reform opera seria. Self-contained arias and choruses make way for shorter pieces strung together to make larger structural units. Da capo arias are notable by their absence; Gluck instead uses strophic form, notably in Act One's "Chiamo il mio ben cos'", where each verse is interposed with dramatic recitative, - that is, stromentato, where the voice is accompanied by part or all of the orchestra - and rondo form, such as in Act Three's famous "Che far' senza Euridice?". Also absent is traditional secco recitative, where the voice is accompanied only by the basso continuo. On the whole, old Italian operatic conventions are disregarded in favour of giving the action dramatic impetus. The complexity of the storyline is greatly reduced by eliminating subplots. Gluck was influenced by the example of French tragedies en musique, particularly those of Rameau. Like them, the opera contains a large number of expressive dances, extensive use of the chorus and accompanied recitative. From here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orfeo_ed_Euridice

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Format: FLAC
Folders: 2
Tracks: 41

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