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ORFEO ED EURIDICE
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714–87)
Orfeo Michael Chance
Libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Euridice Barbara Bargnesi
An opera in three acts, in the Vienna version of 1762 A Buxton Festival Production with the Buxton Festival Chorus and Northern Chamber Orchestra Orfeo, distraught with grief following the death of his wife, Euridice, is told by Amore (Cupid) that he can travel to the Underworld, where his singing will charm the Furies and return her to life. However, if Orfeo looks at Euridice before she is returned to life, he will lose her forever.
Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Stephen Medcalf
Wednesday 16, Saturday 19, Tuesday 22, Friday 25 July 7.15pm–9.15pm Tickets: £15–£59
Designer Frances O’Connor Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
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For Sunday opera matinées transport will be provided from Macclesfield station before and after the performance. Please see p.53 for details.
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Gluck’s version of the classical myth of Orpheus is a milestone both in Gluck’s work and in the history of opera, being the first of his ‘reform’ operas, replacing the overly complicated plots and music of opera seria with a ‘noble simplicity’ in both music and drama.
Amore Daisy Brown
Sunday 13 July 3.30pm–5.30pm
p. 53
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
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