Orphie & Eurydice - BLU-RAY

One of opera's most beautiful masterpieces, Gluck's exquisite drama introduces us to Orpheus, the poet and musician whose every word and note communicate the most overwhelming love for his Eurydice. Lyric presents Orphée et Eurydice in the Paris version, which contains thrilling ballet sequences that will come to vivid life under the direction and choreography of the legendary John Neumeier. Lyric's production stars Dmitry Korchak as Orphée with Andriana Chuchman as Eurydice and Lauren Snouffer as Amour. The Chicago Tribune deemed the production InchtriumphantInch and Inchmiraculously fresh and alive.Inch The production features Gluck's reworking of the original German opera into a French-language production featuring ballet. InchTo hear [Gluck's] songful art pour out uninterrupted...[is] to understand the overwhelming power of melody.Inch (New York Times)

Gluck's influential Orphée et Eurydice tells the story of Orphée's descent into the Underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice. His singing has the power to overcome the guardian Furies, but the path of true love is shadowed by sorrow and tragedy. As a true 'drama of the soul' with intense psychological and emotive power, Orphée et Eurydice shook enlightenment Europe to it's core. Berlioz, in his 1859 version prepared for the Théâtre Lyrique, exploited the score's full potential through a synthesis of the versions Gluck prepared for Parma, Paris and Vienna. Aurélien Bory's Paris production was described as 'just breathtaking' by OperaJournal.

Yann Bridard, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Julia Kleiter, Miteki Kudo, and Sunhae I'm perform in this 2008 National Ballet of Paris production by Pina Bausch of the Gluck ballet filmed in HD and conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock.