Orfeo Ed Euridice

Orfeo Ed Euridice

83 mins | Music | July 6, 1991

Performed live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Gluck's opera in three acts is conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Performers include Jochen Kowalski, Gillian Webster and Jeremy Budd, alongside the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra. When Orpheus mourns for his late wife Eurydice, the god Cupid offers him the chance to descend into the underworld and lead her back to the land of the living, on the condition that he does not look at her face. He sets out on his journey, but his path to the Elysian Fields is blocked by the fierce Furies.

Orfeo Ed Euridice

83 mins | Music | July 6, 1991

Orfeo Ed Euridice
Performed live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Gluck's opera in three acts is conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Performers include Jochen Kowalski, Gillian Webster and Jeremy Budd, alongside the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra. When Orpheus mourns for his late wife Eurydice, the god Cupid offers him the chance to descend into the underworld and lead her back to the land of the living, on the condition that he does not look at her face. He sets out on his journey, but his path to the Elysian Fields is blocked by the fierce Furies.
Producers
Original title Orfeo Ed Euridice
Directors Hans Hulscher, Harry Kupfer
Writers Raniero de Calzabigi

Cast

Jochen Kowalski

as Orfeo

Gillian Webster

as Euridice

Jeremy Budd

as Amore

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

as Orfeo double

William Edwards

as Amore double