Gluck/Orphee & Eurydice

Gluck’s influential Orphée et Eurydice tells the story of Orphée’s descent into the Underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice. His singing has the power to overcome the guardian Furies, but the path of true love is shadowed by sorrow and tragedy. As a true ‘drama of the soul’ with intense psychological and emotive power, Orphée et Eurydice shook Enlightenment Europe to its core. Berlioz, in his 1859 version prepared for the Théâtre Lyrique, exploited the score’s full potential through a synthesis of the versions Gluck prepared for Parma, Paris and Vienna. Aurélien Bory’s Paris production was described as ‘just breathtaking’ by OperaJournal.

Cast:

• Orphée: Hélène Guilmette (soprano)
• Eurydice: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano)
• Amour: Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano)

Filmed on 16 & 18 October 2018 at the Opéra Comique, Paris

Picture format: NTSC 16:9

Sound format: PCM Stereo and DTS 5.1

Language: French

Subtitles: French, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese

Region code: 0 (Worldwide)

No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9)