Orfeo ed Euridice in full score /
Based on the Greel legend of Ospheus, Gluck´s Orfeo ed Euridice is ones of the oldest operas in the repertoire. Ist beautiful simplicity, poignant story and moving arias, expressed in music largely pastoral and elegiac in tone, have made the work a favorite of audiences since its firts production in...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish English |
| Published: |
New York:
Dover Publications,
1992.
|
| Edition: | Primera edición |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Overture
- Act one: a grove by the tomb of Eurydice
- Chorus: Ah, se intorno a quesr'urna funesta
- Recitative: Basta, basta, o compagni
- Aria: Chiamo il mio ben cosi
- Rercit: Numi! barbari Numi d'Acheronte
- Aria: Gli sguardi trattieni
- Act two: hades
- the Elysian fields
- Chorus: chi mai dellÉrebo (Furies, Shades)
- Aria with Chorus: deh placatevi co me
- Act three: dark, rocky passaje leading up from the Underworld
- A magnificente temple dedicated to Amor.