A truly captivating performance, beautiful and breathtaking, artistic stylisation perfect, shining the light on the singing and what great singing, a pure joy.
This is truly the most captivating thing I have ever seen, when it aired on PBS in the States back then. The visuals alone, but my God, Magdalena and Co. slayed!
you will find no better production or casting of Gluck's endearing masterpiece, it's innate beauty here brought out and emphasized by Robert Wilson's rich and spartan staging of set and movement, which transports us to the world of Aristotle's poetics and the ancient stage of 5th century Greece. Kozena, Bender and Petibon, as well as the Monteverdi Choir are completely entrancing!!!
Merci , Mille Grazie , Danke schön .....and I am lucky enough to live in Vienna and every now and then I walk past his former home on Wiedener Strasse and think and thank him.for his absolutely brilliant Live work ,Because he was the great role model and a father, so to speak, of Mozart, Haydn and also indirectly of Ludwig van Beethoven and also Schubert and many others...Best regards from Vienna 💞
This is so beautiful. Also it reminds a bit of Nolan's Interstellar film: what if Love is the only thing that travels through time and beyond, from world to world? Just as Orpheus did...
05:01 І д. хор пастухів і пастушок "Як сумно вітер мирт гойдає" 12:27 І д. арія Орфея "Де ти, любове моя?" 31:32 - ІІ д. 1к. вступ ІІ д. 1 к. Сцена Орфея з фуріями: 33:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. хор фурій "Чий це зухвалий дух наш потривожив слух?" 35:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Сліз потік ллється з моїх очей" 38:31 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Я не боюся пекла страждання" 40:06 - ІІ д. 1 к. аріозо Орфея "Серце рветься, в пісню ллється" 42:00 - ІІ д. 1 к. танець фурій 48:31 - 2д. 2к. мелодія флейти 55:02 - 2 д. 2к. арієта Еврідіки з хором "Цей привітний спокійний притулок" 58:05 - 2д. 2к. сцена 3. Вступ (соло гобоя) до арії Орфея. 59:10 - 2д. 2к. арія Орфея "О променистий краєвид" 1:13:51 - ІІІ д. дует Орфея і Евридіки "Іди услід за мною, дорога" 1:25:03 ІІІ д. арія Орфея "Загубив я Евридіку", рефрен 1:27:30 - ІІІ д. арія Орфея "Загубив я Евридіку", епізод "Мовчання смерті"
A l'origine le rôle d'Orphée est joué par un contre-tenor et les contre-ténor sont rares d'où la présence de voix féminines. Il y a des adaptations pour ténor et baryton.
C un très beau spectacle assurément...la mise en scène est suggestive...Amour est...un amour...Eurydice très belle et a une très belle voix... Orphée est à mon sens un peu léger comme mezzo pour ce rôle mais bon, c'est bien aussi....un beau spectacle
No, it's not a woke problem. In early operas, castratos were often given prominent roles. We're a little short on castratos these days, (thankfully), so for the last 150 years or so the castrato parts, if played at the original pitch, are given to women. The alternative is to lower the pitch of the part, and possibly reharmonize the whole damn opera! Forget about that. Also, parts for "children" are often sung by adult, female sopranos, e.g. Hansel und Gretel. It's just a sensible convention.
In this day and age, it is absurd, cynical, pretentious, and unintelligent for a woman, so represented, to be singing a role only expressible by a widower. Perhaps we should also have a version of this opera in which both Orfeo and Euridice are men -- Cencec and Jaroussky, perhaps? Bejun Mehta already made an inferior of this pretentious woe-myn, who would dare to be The Voice of Music! UGH! Kudos, Mehta! This production is out of date.
Don't take your issues with the production and its staging out on the singer. She's lovely. It's the directing and staging you find pretentious. She is carrying out their vision.
why is it cynical? Kozena is very convincing, almost like a modern-day Pierrot under a thin ray of light delicately shining over the shadows of hell. If you have issues with the gender confusion, maybe you should tell Berlioz... oh wait... He's dead!
i dont know how to tell you this but women can also experience and express grief, as evidenced by Kozena, whether or not they are acting in a traditionally male role or not. also, a production of orfeo ed euridice played by both men would be an interesting take.
