Orfeo ed Euridice
Opera Open

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice

The story tells of Orpheus' love and sacrifice, as he attempts to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld with the power of his music.

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Duration 100 Minutes
Language Italian
Subtitles Bulgarian English

His music is lapidary, elegance is not its goal, the simply sculpted melodies speak directly „to the heart“, titanic contrasts strike the senses (for example in Orpheus‘ conversation with chthonic forces!), the structure of the whole - flawlessly designed, and the transition from recitative to arioso so flexible that they are exemplary today. Orpheus and Eurydice is considered the first of Gluck‘s „reformist“ operas; here is evident the experience of his studies in Vienna, his work in Italy, his acquaintance with Handel in England. Gluck‘s reform is a quiet reform, like most real ones (Philippe de Vitry‘s small gloss on the division of the semibreve also seems inconspicuous), but its effect is lasting and in some sense saving for the opera. It is no coincidence that Knight Gluck deserves the admiration of Beethoven, Spontini, Cherubini, the exalted admiration of Hector Berlioz ... It is normal that Gluck‘s reform caused the so-called „opera wars“ of the 18th century, between the followers of Gluck and the followers of Piccini. These wars are long gone - unlike the music of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Knight of the papal Order of the Golden Spur.

-DRAGOMIR YOSIFOV

Creative Team

Stefano Poda

Stefano Poda

Director, choreographer, Artist

Paolo Gianni Chei

Assistant Director

Dima Dimitrova

Dima Dimitrova

Assistant Director

Atanaska Popova

Choir conductor

Joseph Gerdzhikov

Joseph Gerdzhikov

Recitatives

Gergana Mantarlieva

Gergana Mantarlieva

Costume Assistant

Cast

Maria Radoeva

Maria Radoeva

Euredice

Rey Chenez
guest

Rey Chenez

Orfeo

Evgenia Ralcheva

Evgenia Ralcheva

Eurydice

Vera Girgonova

Vera Girgonova

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Featuring

Choir of Opera Plovdiv

Choir

Opera Plovdiv

Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv

Orchestra

Opera Plovdiv

Ballet of Opera Plovdiv

Ballet

Opera Plovdiv

Location

Ancient Theatre

Ancient Theatre

Address 3 Tsar Ivan Asen II St., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv, built in the 2nd century, has a capacity of around 2,200 seats and is an active cultural venue for concerts and theatrical events.

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