Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (2009)

Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete, Mark Morris

· 1h 39m

Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present, where, he says, “the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable.” With costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and a set designed by Allen Moyer, this production surrounds the action with the superb Met chorus dressed as a crowd of historic characters who bear witness to the transformative power of love. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) is so consumed with grief at the death of his beloved Euridice (Danielle de Niese) that the gods (Heidi Grant Murphy as Amor) allow him to lead her back from the underworld—if he will not look at her on the way. Of course he can’t resist looking, but the gods are truly merciful.

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Cast

Stephanie Blythe Orfeo Danielle de Niese Euridice
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Heidi Grant Murphy Amor Joyce DiDonato Self - Host James Levine Self - Conductor MET Orchestra

Crew

Director
Barbara Willis Sweete, Mark Morris
Writer
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Original Music Composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Producer
Victoria Warivonchik, Louisa Briccetti

Details

Release date
2009-01-24
Runtime
1h 39m
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Production
The Metropolitan Opera