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Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House

14 Sep 15 – 03 Oct 15, 7:30 PM – 10:15 PM

A landmark collaborative production of Gluck's eighteenth century opera, directed by John Fulljames and choreographer Hofesh Shechter

By CW Contributor on 26/5/2015

Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House
Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House
Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House Joe Lloyd
In the beginning, there was the Greek legend, of Orpheus whose music could enchant all living things and his doomed journey to save Eurydice from the underworld. That myth was taken up by Ovid, and adapted by countless painters and poets, until in 1607 Claudio Monteverdi composed L’Orfeo, the first fully developed baroque opera. Since then, artists the caliber of Rilke, Stravinsky and Cocteau have all crated their interpretations of the myth, turning it into one of the central narratives of Western culture. This autumn, following their speculator L’Orfeo at the Roundhouse, the Royal Opera House is launching a full scale interrogation of this most archetypical of tales.


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At the centre of this season sits Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice. Gluck was, after Mozart, the most radical composer of opera during the classical period. His focus on harmonic shifts and modulation raised the genre to new emotional heights; so important were his changes that his mature works are known as ‘reform operas.’ The version performed here will be the revised 1774 form, rewritten in French and expanded to be more grandiose than in its original Italian form.
Orfeo takes the tragic classical narrative and turns it into a celebration of passion, presided over by love himself. Beyond the chorus, there are only three roles, for which Covent Garden has assembled a veritable power trio of singers. Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez will make sweet music as Orpheus, while the beloved soprano Lucy Crowe, a Handel and Haydn expert, will be his beloved wife Eurydice. Rising star Amanda Forsythe will preside over their travails as Amore.
But this is more than a conventional performance of a classic opera. Director John Fulljames (Donna del lago) will be sharing his chair with Hofesh Shechter (Uprising), choreographer de jour. Shechter’s own company will join the singers on stage, creating a perfect fusion of sound and vision that looks set to highlight Gluck’s mesmerising dance music. And if that wasn’t enough, period instrument supremo John Eliot Gardiner will conduct his own Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, ensuring everything stays true to Gluck’s own ambitions. In the hands of these three leading figures, this looks likely to be a true landmark production.


What Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House
Where Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD | MAP
Nearest tube Covent Garden (underground)
When 14 Sep 15 – 03 Oct 15, 7:30 PM – 10:15 PM
Price £TBC
Website Click here to book via the Royal Opera House



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    ROYAL OPERA BOOKING

    The Royal Opera House's Autumn 2015 season includes a trio of works based on Orpheus, several specifically commissioned new works and Mozart, Bizet and Strauss revivals. General booking opens 9am on July 14th. Before that date, however, there are five advance releases for the five tiers of supporters, from Premium 2 on June 2ndto plain old Friends on June 17th. This is a significant margin - although few productions are likely to sell out before general booking, many of the best seats will be taken. If you are not a friend (or else the friend of a friend), be sure to act quickly when tickets become available.

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