Orpheus and Eurydice

Name: ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE • Teatro La Fenice | May 6, 2023
Start: 2023-05-06T15:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-03-30T03:40:49+02:00
Location: Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

Opera ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Teatro la Fenice 2023-04-28 ... 2023-05-06

The opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck will be performed from April 28 to May 6, 2023 at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice.
Christoph Willibald Gluck wrote the opera in three acts based on the libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi. The opera Orpheus and Eurydice is the most famous work by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The first performance took place in the Italian version in 1762 in Vienna’s Burgtheater. Experience the new production of the opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck at the famous Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

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Teatro La Fenice

Venice, the city built on water. Blessed with a historic opera house, the Teatro La Fenice, the most famous and renowned landmark in the history of Italian theatre. It was lost to fire 3 times, and always rebuilt. Hence the name La Fenice, the Phoenix, the bird rising from the ashes.
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The Story of Orfeo ed Euridice

The opera Orfeo ed Euridice tells the story of the Greek singer Orpheus. Content is the myth about the Greek singer Orpheus. The action was moved from Thrace to Lake Averno in the Phlegraean Fields near Naples, which was considered by the ancient Romans to be the gateway to the underworld. When Orpheus mourns the loss of Eurydice at the grave, the god of love Amor appears. The Greek gods allow Orpheus to descend into the underworld to appease the Furies with his song. After his successful adventures, everyone returns alive and celebrates Cupid.

Libretto • Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Music • Christoph Willibald Gluck