NOW ON OPERAVISION. ORFEO ED EURIDICE

‘The reason Orfeo or anyone else starts the journey is Love,’ says the legendary mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. ‘It is the only power that can bring us safely through.’

With gnashing furies, a chorus of nymphs and songs so sweet as to melt the heart of Hades, it’s easy to see why, for over four hundred years, composers have been drawn to the story of Orpheus and his audacious mission to save his wife from the land of the dead. Of all the operas that have resulted, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is perhaps the most radical. A revolutionary new mix of text, music and dance, it was the pinnacle of his pursuit for beautiful simplicity and dramatic truth. Tonight's intimate production is a collaboration between Irish National Opera and the dance company United Fall - to enjoy on OperaVision from 19:00 CET.

Orfeo ed Euridice

Gluck

Location:      Irish National Opera                     Date:  12 April 2019 at 19:00 CET

A grief-stricken musician goes to the underworld in search of his wife. He is allowed to retrieve her on one condition – that he not look at her until they are back on earth.

Orfeo ed Euridice features the moving aria ‘Che farò senza Euridice?’ and the famous Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Praised by German magazine Der Opernfreund as ‘quite simply sensational’, mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty delivers a compelling performance in the title role as the legendary Orfeo. Follow her to hell and back tonight, only on OperaVision.

Cast

Orfeo  Sharon Carty

Euridice        Sarah Power

Amore           Emma Nash

Chorus          Emma Nash

Dominica Williams

Fearghal Curtis

Matthew Mannion

United Fall Dancers           Stephanie Dufresne

Javier Ferrer

Emma Martin

Sophia Preidel

Orchestra      Irish Baroque Orchestra

Music Christoph Willibald Gluck

Conductor    Peter Whelan

Director        Emma Martin

Associate Director  Emmanuel Obeya

Set Designer Sabine Dargent

Costume Designer  Catherine Fay

Lighting Designer   Stephen Dodd