Introduction

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The casting of Orpheus - castrati

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References to castrati; the different versions of Orfeo ed Euridice

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Gluck

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The Overture

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Act I, Scene 1

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Performer: David Timson

Orfeo: 'Chiamo il mio ben cosi'

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Amor enters

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Act II: the gates of Hell

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Orpheus plays his harp to the Furies

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Act II, Scene 2: The Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

The chorus presents Euridice

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Act III: Orfeo and Euridice return from the Underworld

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Performer: David Timson

Duet for Orfeo and Euridice

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

Orfeo: 'Che faro senza Euridice?'

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson

The happy ending

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Performer: David Timson