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Orfeo ed Euridice / music by Christoph Willibald Gluck, in the edition by Ludwich Finscher ; libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline after Raniero de Calzabigi.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWest Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002?]
Description1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--Drama.
Eurydice (Greek mythological character)--Drama.
Operas.
Other author/creatorGluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orfeo ed Euridice.
Other author/creatorMoline, M. (Pierre Louis), 1739-1820, librettist.
Other author/creatorCalzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.
Other author/creatorKowalski, Jochen, 1954- performer.
Other author/creatorWebster, Gillian, performer.
Other author/creatorBudd, Jeremy.
Other author/creatorHaenchen, Hartmut, conductor.
Other author/creatorKupfer, Harry director.
Other author/creatorFinscher, Ludwig.
Other author/creatorHaenchen, Hartmut.
Other author/creatorStapleton, Robin.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England)
Other author/creatorLandseer Productions (Firm)
Other author/creatorRM Arts (Firm)
Other author/creatorNederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting.
Other author/creatorChannel Four (Great Britain)
Parallel title Orpheus and Euridice
Abstract In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Eurdice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an inner-city concrete jungle.
General noteSung in Italian; subtitles in English.
General note"A Landseer Production for RM Arts in association with NOS and Channel 4"--Container.
CreditsStage director, Harry Kupfer ; opera director, Paul Findlay ; musical preparation, Mark Packwood, David Syrus ; producer, Derek Bailey ; costumes, Eleanor Kleiber ; lighting, Willibald Kammer ; movement, Lothar Wiebe ; directed for video by Hans Hulscher.
Performer Jochen Kowalski (Orfeo) ; Jeremy Budd (Amor) ; Gillian Webster (Euridice) ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; chorus director, Robin Stapleton ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; leader, John Brown ; conductor, Hartmut Haenchen.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1991.
Technical detailsDVD, Dolby digital.
ISBN0769700586
UPC 032031005891
Publisher numberD0058 Kultur

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