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Composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck

Artist(s):
Juan Diego Florez
Ainhoa Garmendia

Conductor:
Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Background: Following acclaimed performances at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Juan Diego Flórez records his first major opera role outside the bel canto repertoire, as he stars as Orphée in Gluck's most enduringly popular opera, sung in the original French of his 1774 Paris version.

The opera tells of the poet and musician Orphée who travels to the underworld in search of his wife Eurydice, on the understanding that he doesn't look at her until they are back on earth. When she misinterprets his distance, he is compelled to turn and face her, only to see her die a second time. Moved by the intensity of Orphee's devotion, L'Amour returns Eurydice to life once more as all ends happily.

Twelve years after the Vienna premiere of his original Italian version, Gluck adapted his opera for Parisian audiences. Apart from the change of language, the most significant difference is that the central role, sung in the Italian version by a castrato, was rewritten for the particular kind of high tenor voice that French audiences adored.

CATALOGUE NR: 4782197
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.80
RELEASE DATE: 12-Apr-2010

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Orphee et Eurydice - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid
CONDUCTOR: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
ARTISTS: Juan Diego Florez   Ainhoa Garmendia   Alessandra Marianelli  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: sung in the original French of the 1774 Paris version

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