Amor

E189262

Amor is the personification of love in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera "Orphée et Eurydice," often depicted as a divine figure guiding the fate of the lovers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amor canonical 3
Amore 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity in opera
mythological figure
opera character
personification
appearsInWork Orfeo ed Euridice
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice

Orphée et Eurydice
associatedTheme divine intervention
love
mercy
reconciliation
basedOn Cupid
Eros
linked to: Eros (primordial)

classical god of love
costumeIconography attributes of Cupid or Eros
classical attire
creator Christoph Willibald Gluck
dramaticFunction deus ex machina
narrative mediator between gods and mortals
givesMissionTo Orphée
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice
guidesFateOf Eurydice
Orphée
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice
intervenesIn descent of Orphée to the underworld
languageVersion French
Italian
librettistCollaboration Ranieri de' Calzabigi
nationalTradition French opera
Italian opera
operaActPresence Act I
Act II
Act III
operaGenreContext opera seria reform
operaPremiereContext Paris version of Orphée et Eurydice (1774)
relatedWork myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
restoresToLife Eurydice
roleInNarrative divine guide
personification of love
protector of the lovers
setsConditionFor Orphée not to look back at Eurydice
stageDepiction winged god of love
youthful divine figure
symbolizes divine compassion
power of love over death
typicalVoiceType coloratura soprano
soprano

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cupid equivalentTo Amor
Honor et Amor hasWord Amor
Paride ed Elena character Amore
linked to: Amor