Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir)

From the Théâtre du Châtelet, 2000 John Eliot Gardiner chose to use Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Orphée, which adapted the tenor role of Gluck’s 1774 score for the contralto voice of Pauline Viardot, adjusting the register for a mezzo-soprano. Underlining his preference for this version, he performed the opera with the nineteenth-century period instruments of his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. His regular chorus, the Monteverdi Choir, excelled vocally and dramatically in its elegant contribution to the drama. Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: Magdalena Kozená - Orphée Madeline Bender - Eurydice Patricia Petibon - Amour Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner - conductor Monteverdi Choir 0:00 Intro 1:17 Overture 5:01 Act I Staging by Robert Wilson Costumes by Frida Parmeggiani Libretti by Ranieri da Calzabigi