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Orfeo ed Euridice [videodisc] / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; critical edition by Ludwig Finscher ; libretto Pierre-Louis Moline after Raniero de Calzabigi ; live at the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden 1991.

By: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Contributor(s): Moline, M. (Pierre Louis), approximately 1740-1821 | Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795 [lbt. ] | Kowalski, Jochen, 1954- [prf. ] | Webster, Gillian, 1964- [prf. ] | Budd, Jeremy [prf. ] | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre [prf.] | Edwards, William [prf.] | Haenchen, Hartmut [cnd. ] | Kupfer, Harry | Kleiber, Eleonore | Kammer, Willibald | Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- | Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021 [conductor] | Schavernoch, Hans, 1945- | Finscher, Ludwig | Bailey, Derek | Hulscher, Hans | Royal Opera House (London, England) | Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra [prf.] | Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus [prf.] | Landseer Film & Television Productions | RM Arts (Firm) | Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting | Channel Four (Great Britain).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Landseer Productions for RM Arts, 1991Description: 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Orpheus and Euridice.Subject(s): Operas | Filmed operas | Orpheus (Greek mythology) -- Drama | Eurydice (Greek mythology) -- DramaDDC classification: DVD/078
Production Credits: Stage director Harry Kupfer ; general director Jeremy Isaacs ; music director Bernard Haitink ; costumes Eleanor Kleiber ; lighting Willibald Kammer ; sets Hans Schavernoch ; producer Derek Bailey ; director for video Hans Hulscher.
Jochen Kowalski (Orfeo) ; Jeremy Budd (Amor) ; Gillian Webster (Euridice) ; Jean-Pierre Blanchard (Orfeo double) ; William Edwards (Amor double) ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; conductor Hartmut Haenchen.

A Landseer Production for RM Arts in association with NOS and Channel 4.

Opera in three acts.

Stage director Harry Kupfer ; general director Jeremy Isaacs ; music director Bernard Haitink ; costumes Eleanor Kleiber ; lighting Willibald Kammer ; sets Hans Schavernoch ; producer Derek Bailey ; director for video Hans Hulscher.

Jochen Kowalski (Orfeo) ; Jeremy Budd (Amor) ; Gillian Webster (Euridice) ; Jean-Pierre Blanchard (Orfeo double) ; William Edwards (Amor double) ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; conductor Hartmut Haenchen.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1991.

DVD 9 / NTSC ; sound format PCM stereo ; picture format 4:3.

Sung in Italian, with optional Italian, English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish subtitles.