Orfeo ed Euridice

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn Orpheus myth
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:K._6
Wq. 30
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Christoph_Willibald_Gluck
gptkbp:duration approximately 90 minutes
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orfeo ed Euridice
gptkbp:influenced Mozart's operas
opera reform movement
subsequent Gluck operas
gptkbp:influencedBy reform opera movement
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Ranieri_de'_Calzabigi
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Amore
gptkb:Orfeo
gptkb:Euridice
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:Berlioz_adaptation,_1859
gptkb:Orphée_et_Eurydice_(French_version,_1774)
Ballet adaptations
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Che_farò_senza_Euridice?
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:Chorus_of_Spirits
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:John_Eliot_Gardiner
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkb:Sir_Colin_Davis
gptkbp:notableFeature ballet sequences
emphasis on drama
reduced ornamentation
reform of opera seria conventions
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:La_Scala,_1959
gptkb:Mark_Morris_Dance_Group,_1988
John Eliot Gardiner, 1982
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Janet_Baker_(Orfeo),_1967
gptkb:Kathleen_Ferrier_(Orfeo),_1947
gptkb:Marilyn_Horne_(Orfeo),_1970
gptkbp:notableRole mezzo-soprano (Orfeo)
soprano (Amore)
soprano (Euridice)
gptkbp:notableWrestler gptkb:Dance_of_the_Blessed_Spirits
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration classical orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1762-10-05
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Burgtheater,_Vienna
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Ricordi
gptkb:Bärenreiter
gptkbp:setting Ancient Greece
gptkbp:structure recitatives, arias, choruses, dances
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Orpheus_and_Eurydice
gptkbp:updated gptkb:French_version_(Orphée_et_Eurydice,_1774)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emma_Wixom
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_2019
gptkb:Orphée_et_Eurydice
gptkb:Alice_Coote
gptkb:Janet_Baker
gptkb:Danielle_de_Niese
gptkb:Christoph_Willibald_Gluck
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6