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 |
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| instanceOf |
opera
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| adaptation |
French version for Paris
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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 → |
| balletInclusion |
substantial ballet music in Paris version
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| basedOn |
Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
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| catalogueNumber |
Wq. 30
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| cityOfPremiere |
Vienna
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| composer |
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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| contains |
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
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| countryOfPremiere |
Austria
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| firstFrenchPremiereDate |
1774-08-02
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| firstFrenchPremiereLocation |
Paris
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| genre |
opera seria
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reform opera → |
| influenced |
later Classical and Romantic opera
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| influencedBy |
French tragédie lyrique
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Italian opera seria → |
| innovation |
greater dramatic continuity
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integrated ballet → prominent use of chorus → reduced vocal ornamentation → |
| language |
French
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| librettist |
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
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| mainCharacter |
Amor
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Eurydice → Orpheus → |
| movement |
Gluckian opera reform
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| notableAria |
Che farò senza Euridice?
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J’ai perdu mon Eurydice → |
| notableRecording |
recordings by major opera houses worldwide
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| orchestrationFeature |
prominent use of flutes in Dance of the Blessed Spirits
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| originalLanguage |
Italian
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| originalTitle |
Orfeo ed Euridice
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| period |
Classical era
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| premiereDate |
1762-10-05
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| premiereLocation |
Burgtheater, Vienna
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| setting |
mythological ancient Greece
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| structure |
three acts
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| style |
emotionally direct
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reformist → |
| theme |
death
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descent to the underworld → love → the power of music → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Orphée et Eurydice
("Orfeo ed Euridice")
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Orphée et Eurydice ("Orfeo e Euridice") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
("Orfeo ed Euridice")
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Malena Ernman → |
notableWork |
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
("Orfeo")
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associatedWithCharacter |
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Chaconne
("Orfeo ed Euridice")
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basedOnMusicFrom |
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Hades
("Orpheus and Eurydice")
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notableMyth |
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Orphée et Eurydice
("Orfeo ed Euridice")
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originalTitle |
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
("Orfeo ed Euridice (opera)")
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relatedWork |