Orphée et Eurydice

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Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
adaptation French version for Paris
revised version with high tenor Orphée
version with castrato Orfeo
version with mezzo-soprano Orphée
alsoKnownAs Orfeo e Euridice
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Orfeo ed Euridice
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balletInclusion substantial ballet music in Paris version
basedOn Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
catalogueNumber Wq. 30
cityOfPremiere Vienna
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
contains Dance of the Blessed Spirits
countryOfPremiere Austria
firstFrenchPremiereDate 1774-08-02
firstFrenchPremiereLocation Paris
genre opera seria
reform opera
influenced later Classical and Romantic opera
influencedBy French tragédie lyrique
Italian opera seria
innovation greater dramatic continuity
integrated ballet
prominent use of chorus
reduced vocal ornamentation
language French
librettist Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
mainCharacter Amor
Eurydice
Orpheus
movement Gluckian opera reform
notableAria Che farò senza Euridice?
J’ai perdu mon Eurydice
notableRecording recordings by major opera houses worldwide
orchestrationFeature prominent use of flutes in Dance of the Blessed Spirits
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Orfeo ed Euridice
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period Classical era
premiereDate 1762-10-05
premiereLocation Burgtheater, Vienna
setting mythological ancient Greece
structure three acts
style emotionally direct
reformist
theme death
descent to the underworld
love
the power of music

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Malena Ernman notableWork Orphée et Eurydice
Chaconne basedOnMusicFrom Orfeo ed Euridice
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Hades notableMyth Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orphée et Eurydice originalTitle Orfeo ed Euridice
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Orphée et Eurydice alsoKnownAs Orfeo ed Euridice
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Orphée et Eurydice alsoKnownAs Orfeo e Euridice
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music associatedWithCharacter Orfeo
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music relatedWork Orfeo ed Euridice (opera)
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Christoph Willibald Gluck notableWork Orfeo ed Euridice
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Amor (Gluck) appearsInWork Orphée et Eurydice
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Amor (Gluck) appearsInWork Orfeo ed Euridice
subject linked to: Amor
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Amor (Gluck) appearsInWork Orpheus and Eurydice
subject linked to: Amor
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Amor (Gluck) guidesFateOf Orphée
subject linked to: Amor
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Amor (Gluck) givesMissionTo Orphée
subject linked to: Amor
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Dance of the Blessed Spirits partOf Orphée et Eurydice
Dance of the Blessed Spirits originatesFromAct Act II of Orphée et Eurydice
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Ranieri de’ Calzabigi notableWork Orfeo ed Euridice
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Ranieri de’ Calzabigi wroteLibrettoFor Orfeo ed Euridice
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Alceste precededBy Orfeo ed Euridice
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