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Gluck’s Orpheus
and its interpreters
Alto castrato (1762) Haut-contre (tenor, 1774) Contralto (Berlioz, 1859) Gaetano Guadagni Joseph Legros Pauline Viardot
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The Castrati: A Caricature Glucks Orpheus and its interpreters Alto castrato (1762) Haut - contre (tenor, 1774) Contralto (Berlioz, 1859) Gaetano Guadagni Joseph Legros Pauline Viardot Three Orfeos PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY JUAN DIEGO FLREZ
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Three Orfeos
Castrato Countertenor Gaetano Guadagni PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY Haut-contre (tenor, 1774) Joseph Legros JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ Contralto (Berlioz, 1859) Pauline Viardot MARILYN HORNE
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LOCATIONS OF SCENES:
- 1. Scene of Mourning
— onstage
- 2. Hades
— backstage
- 3. Elysium
— onstage
- 4. The Return
— backstage
- 5. Scene of Rejoicing
— onstage
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Bejun Mehta in the credit sequence
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Orfeo ed Euridice: entrance of Euridice (Eva Liebau)
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- 1. Euridice’s aria as she feels that Orpheus no
longer loves her. cp. Handel da capo.
- 2. Recitatjve in which Orpheus agonizes before
turning fatally to Euridice, who dies.
- 3. Orfeo’s aria, “Che farò senz’Euridice?”
structured around three occurrences of the basic tune, with dramatjc recitatjve in between. Note major key and fastjsh tempo!
- 4. Recitatjve in which he prepares to commit
suicide, untjl stopped by Amore.
- 5. The conventjonal lieta fjne (happy fjnale) in
which everybody joins in praise of Love.
Musical Elements in the last quarter-hour
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Hippolyte et Aricie
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