To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the small but ambitious Castell de Peralada Festival, the famous Catalan theatre collective La Fura dels Baus and its director Carlus Padrissa staged Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. A splendid cast as well as an avant-garde production that makes extensive use of large projection screens and includes the members of the orchestra as actors onstage result in one of the most exciting opera performances in recent years. La Fura's concept is surprising and its originality demands our attention ... it gives rise to moments of great beauty and evocative power (El País)..
La production par le réalisateur et chorégraphe Mark Morris du chef-d'œuvre de Gluck met à jour l'histoire immortelle de ses racines grecques antiques au présent intemporel, où, dit-il, «l'union du chœur et des danseurs semble inévitable et inséparable». Avec des costumes d'Isaac Mizrahi et un décor conçu par Allen Moyer, cette production entoure l'action du superbe chœur du Met habillé comme une foule de personnages historiques qui témoignent du pouvoir transformateur de l'amour. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) est tellement rongé par le chagrin à la mort de sa bien-aimée Euridice (Danielle de Niese) que les dieux (Heidi Grant Murphy dans le rôle d'Amor) lui permettent de la ramener des enfers - s'il ne la regarde pas le chemin. Bien sûr, il ne peut s'empêcher de regarder, mais les dieux sont vraiment miséricordieux..
Based on Gluck's masterpiece and performed entirely on location in and around the environs of the Baroque Theatre at the Cesky Krumlov Castle in the Czech Republic; it's an opera production designed specifically for the film with outstanding sets and production values. Countertenor Bejun Mehta sings the role of the torn main character and acts as an artistic advisor, making for an involving and impeccably performed opera..
Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice. His singing has the power to appease the Furies and animate the blessed Shadows. Yet, his voice cannot reassure Eurydice who despairs of the feigned indifference of Orpheus, put to the test by Jupiter. Raphaël Pichon conducts the opera of operas and Aurélien Bory displays the giddiness of the mental and supernatural spaces traveled by Orpheus and beyond. Marianne Crebassa plays a new breeches role with Hélène Guilmette (Hélène in Le Timbre d’argent) and Lea Desandre (the title role in Alcione)..
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