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Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice from Opera North

Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice from Leeds Town Hall, starring Paula Murrihy, Fflur Wyn and Daisy Brown. Laurence Cummings conducts the orchestra and chorus of Opera North.

Laurence Cummings conducts Gluck's seminal 1762 opera Orpheus and Eurydice with Opera North.

Orpheus has been allowed by the gods to visit the Underworld to bring his deceased Eurydice back, on condition that he doesn't look at her.

This performance recorded at Leeds Town Hall in March is presented by Hannah French.

Orfeo ..... Paula Murrihy (soprano)
Euridice ..... Fflur Wyn (soprano)
Amore ..... Daisy Brown (soprano)

Opera North Chorus
Opera North Orchestra
Laurence Cummings (conductor)

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Sat 1 May 2021 18:30
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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice - Act I

    Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Fflur Wyn. Singer: Daisy Brown. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice - Act II

    Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Fflur Wyn. Singer: Daisy Brown. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice - Act III

    Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Fflur Wyn. Singer: Daisy Brown. Choir: Opera North Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor, HWV.432

    Performer: Laurence Cummings.
    • Naxos.

  • Anton Webern

    Passacaglia, Op 1

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Webern: Complete Works: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita for 8 voices

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for violin solo in D minor, BWV.1004 arr. for mandolin solo

    Performer: Avi Avital. Music Arranger: Avi Avital.
    • Deutsche Gramophon.

  • Ludovic Lamothe

    Danza No.1 for piano "Habanera"

    Performer: Célimène Daudet.
    • NoMadMusic.

  • Ludovic Lamothe

    Danza No.3 for piano

    Performer: Célimène Daudet.
    • NoMadMusic.

  • Ludovic Lamothe

    Danza No.4 for piano

    Performer: Célimène Daudet.
    • NoMadMusic.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Zapateado [Temas populares Cubanos]

    Performer: Philippe Lemaigre.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Anonymous

    Matais de incΓͺndios

    Ensemble: Orquestra e Coro Vox Brasiliensis. Conductor: Ricardo Kanji.
    • K617.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Caliente

    Performer: Astor Piazzolla.
    • DOCUMENTS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 May 2021 18:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3