The Castrati: A Caricature
Gluck’s Orpheus and its interpreters Alto castrato (1762) Haut - contre (tenor, 1774) Contralto (Berlioz, 1859) Gaetano Guadagni Joseph Legros Pauline Viardot
Three Orfeos PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ MARILYN HORNE Castrato Countertenor Haut - contre (tenor, 1774) Contralto (Berlioz, 1859) Gaetano Guadagni Joseph Legros Pauline Viardot
LOCATIONS OF SCENES: 1. Scene of Mourning — onstage 2. Hades — backstage 3. Elysium — onstage 4. The Return — backstage 5. Scene of Rejoicing — onstage
Bejun Mehta in the credit sequence
Orfeo ed Euridice : entrance of Euridice (Eva Liebau)
Musical Elements in the last quarter-hour 1. Euridice ’ s aria as she feels that Orpheus no tune, with dramatjc recitatjve in between. Note longer loves her. cp. Handel da capo . major key and fastjsh tempo! 2. Recitatjve in which Orpheus agonizes before 4. Recitatjve in which he prepares to commit turning fatally to Euridice, who dies. suicide, untjl stopped by Amore. 3. Orfeo ’ s aria , “ Che farò senz ’ Euridice? ” 5. The conventjonal lieta fjne (happy fjnale) in structured around three occurrences of the basic which everybody joins in praise of Love.
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