Cover Image

Orfeo ed Euridice [videorecording] / Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; [music] by Christoph Gluck ; original text, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ; producer, Peter Hall ; director, Rodney Greenberg ; a TVS production in association with NVC Arts.

Show other versions (46)

Janet Baker stars in Peter Hall's acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival staging of Gluck's 18th century masterpiece. Janet Baker gives one of her finest portrayals as Orfeo, with Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice and Elizabeth Gale as Amore.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	London Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performer), Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company, TVS (Firm : Great Britain), NVC Arts (Firm)
Other Authors:	Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795 (Librettist), Hall, Peter, 1930-2017 (Producer), Greenberg, Rodney (Director), Baker, Janet, 1933- (Performer), Speiser, Elisabeth (Performer), Gale, Elizabeth, 1948- (Performer), Leppard, Raymond (Conductor), Bury, John, 1925-2000 (Designer), Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian English French German Spanish
Published:	West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2004]
Subjects:	Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Operas > Television adaptations. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) Operas. Drama. Television adaptations. Television programs. Televised operas.

Description
Summary:	Janet Baker stars in Peter Hall's acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival staging of Gluck's 18th century masterpiece. Janet Baker gives one of her finest portrayals as Orfeo, with Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice and Elizabeth Gale as Amore.
Item Description:	Opera in three acts. Originally released in 1982. Contains an introduction in English by Janet Baker.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo.; full screen 4:3; region code 1.
Production Credits:	Design and lighting, John Bury.
ISBN:	0769776884 9780769776880
Participant or Performer:	Janet Baker (Orfeo) ; Elisabeth Speiser (Euridice) ; Elizabeth Gale (Amore) ; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus ; London Philharmonic ; Raymond Leppard, conductor.
Language:	Sung in Italian; optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Filmed at Glyndebourne in 1982.